High Resolution

High-resolution displays

More and more computers are nowadays delivered with high-resolution displays. Since Diversity Descriptions is a Windows forms application, which works pixel-oriented, the program window would become smaller and smaller with increasing display resolution.

To face this problem, Windows uses a scaling mechanism, which zooms pixel-oriented applications, which may lead to a burry picture. To avoid this, an alternative is to increase the font sizes within the application and magnify elements like buttons, data grids and so on, which is called “DPI-awareness” of the application. Since the icons within the application are not zoomed automatically, this mechanism usually only works satisfactory with moderate scaling factors of some 125% or 150%. For higher factors the icons within the application will become too small. You can check the scaling factor fo your system in the Windows settings -> System -> Display, section “Scale and layout”  

If you have problems with DiversityDescriptions with a high-resolution display, please try out if you get better results with the Windows scaling. Therefore right-click the program icon (usually on your desktop), select “Properties” and go to the “Compatibility” tab (see image below).

Please click on button Change high DPI setting and another window as shown below will appear.

Check the option “High DPI caling override” and you will be able to select a different value than the default “Application”. Please try out if “System” or “System (Enhanced)” gives better results. After confirming with OK start the application and check the adjustment.

Menu

Menu

Overview of the menu in DiversityDescriptions:

Statistics

Statistics

For statistical information about the database contents choose Help -> Statistics ….

The Users tab shows information about the users with access to the database. This output may be restrictied to your own data if you do not have sufficient acces rights (see image below).

The Projects tab shows information about the projects in the database and the entered data (see image below). The colums marked with “(total)” include entries that refer to the specified project as an additional project (see Editdescription).

The Descriptor trees tab shows information about the projects in the database, their descriptor trees and nodes and the number of assigned descriptors (see image below).

Feedback

If you have suggestions for improvement, need any changes in the programm or encouter an error you can give a feedback to the administrator. Click on the ALT and PRINT buttons to get a screen shot of your current form. After creating the screen shot choose Help - Feedback from the menu to open the feedback form as shown below.

Click on the Insert image button to insert the screen shot and give a comment about your problem. In the field Topic enter the topic of your feedback (will appear in response e-mail). The Priority can either be empty or set to 3 levels:

• urgent
• as soon as possible
• nice to have

If necessary, enter a date in the field ToDo until when you would like to have the task described in you feedback be solved. Then click on the  Send feedback button to send your feedback to the administrator. If you would like to receive a message when the problem you described is solved, please enter you e-mail address in the field below the description.

To inspect your former feedbacks choose Feedback history from the menu. A window will open where you can browse your past feedback together with the state of progress.