Coding projects (by me)

This page lists a few pieces of software I've written, or am writing. Most of them were written to scratch an itch I had. I’m releasing them here as open source in the hopes of it being useful to someone.

Regression rollback implemented in [](a72f90c469) on branch [ticket-9580ad48-dpi-scaling](/timeline?r=ticket-9580ad48-dpi-scaling). The manual `RescaleConstantsForDpi` and explicit ToolStrip scaling hooks from the previous pass were causing extremely slow form startup and breaking restored window placement, so they have been removed. The safe static autoscale declarations remain, as do the static shortcuts/query grid row-height adjustments. `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview/ZPreview.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true`, `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.PreviewHandlers/ZPreview.PreviewHandlers.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true`, `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.SQLitePreview/ZPreview.SQLitePreview.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true`, and `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.Tests/ZPreview.Tests.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true` all succeeded on Linux. Please recheck on Windows first that forms open promptly again and that the main window restores to its remembered monitor/location. Remaining DPI sizing issues are still under review and need a less invasive fix.

It does look better in general — even though the ToolStrip text is unchanged and way too small, and several grids do not resize very well. But it takes _ages_ before the main form is shown, and also _ages_ (as in: several actual **minutes**) before the configuration form is shown. Also, the position on screen is no longer remembered; the main window now always opens on the primary monitor, which is not what I want. This is unusable, so I will reject this branch.

Follow-up adjustments implemented in [](8d5fe96a57) on branch [ticket-9580ad48-dpi-scaling](/timeline?r=ticket-9580ad48-dpi-scaling). This scales the main and embedded toolstrips, the text preview search row, the SQLite query/search chrome and grid row metrics, the configuration shortcuts grid row heights, and re-autosizes archive and SQLite list columns after DPI changes. `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview/ZPreview.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true`, `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.PreviewHandlers/ZPreview.PreviewHandlers.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true`, `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.SQLitePreview/ZPreview.SQLitePreview.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true`, and `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.Tests/ZPreview.Tests.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true` all succeeded on Linux. `dotnet test ZAAP.net/ZPreview.Tests/ZPreview.Tests.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true` still cannot run here because `Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App` is unavailable in this Linux environment. Please recheck on Windows: main toolstrip text, text preview search textbox/button row, configuration Shortcuts grid row height, and archive list column widths after moving between monitors.

Implemented in [](31654fe34e) on branch [ticket-9580ad48-dpi-scaling](/timeline?r=ticket-9580ad48-dpi-scaling). ZPreview now declares explicit 96-DPI autoscaling for the code-built forms and reapplies fixed layout widths from logical pixels after DPI changes, so the main window and configuration UI should stay correctly sized after moving between monitors with different scaling. `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview/ZPreview.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true` and `dotnet build ZAAP.net/ZPreview.Tests/ZPreview.Tests.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true` both succeeded on Linux. `dotnet test ZAAP.net/ZPreview.Tests/ZPreview.Tests.csproj -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true` could not run here because `Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App` is not available on this Linux environment, so the actual monitor-switch behavior still needs Windows validation.

Investigating the PerMonitorV2 DPI regression in ZPreview. Current focus is form autoscaling and fixed pixel dimensions that stay too small after moving to a higher-DPI monitor.

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