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ver0n's avatar
ver0n
10 years ago

SOAP UI 5.0 DPIAware

when I start Soap UI 5.0 under win 8.1 with my 3200*1600 Notebook, Soap UI seems to wrongly declares to be DPI aware, and displays too small on my high DPI screen.

when I configure Soap UI in Win 8.1 to run with "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" then some parts of SoapUI are looking even bigger.

Therefore I asume, that SoapUI pretends to be DPIAware, but does not really scane up itself.

Does anyone have an idea? I was wondering why nobody have the same issue with SoapUI.
  • Mediamana's avatar
    Mediamana
    New Contributor
    9 years ago

    Hi guys

     

    I was also bothered with high dpi issues with my UHD laptop on Windows 8.1 but found a solution ( tested on eclipse and soapui but probably also with all exe).

     

    First add a registry key (long time since i haven't launched regedit lol)

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\PreferExternalManifest (DWORD) to 1
     
    Then add a manifest file next to your exe
    SoapUI-5.2.1.exe.manifest
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <description>eclipse</description>
    <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
        <security>
            <requestedPrivileges>
                <requestedExecutionLevel xmlns:ms_asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"
                               level="asInvoker"
                               ms_asmv3:uiAccess="false">
                </requestedExecutionLevel>
            </requestedPrivileges>
        </security>
    </trustInfo>
    <asmv3:application>
        <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
            <ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware xmlns:ms_windowsSettings="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">false</ms_windowsSettings:dpiAware>
        </asmv3:windowsSettings>
    </asmv3:application>
</assembly>
     
    Hope that helps, it changed my life ;-)
    • maowens's avatar
      maowens
      New Member
      9 years ago

      I tried your fix to no avail, yet I do want to ask you a question for clarification.  You state to create a new key. Are you saying create the KEY PreferExternalManifest, did you mean create a DWORD of that name and if not what is the name of your DWORD.

       

      The manifest that you created is there any modifications required or is that file generic enough to be used anywhere.

       

       

      Thanks

       

      • Mediamana's avatar
        Mediamana
        New Contributor
        9 years ago

        Hi,

         

        Yes create a new dword named PreferExternalManifest.

         

        I always use the same manifest. (long time since i didn't do it)

        I'll try with the latest version to see if it is still working for me.

         

        Best regards

         

    • joshuajburris's avatar
      joshuajburris
      New Contributor
      8 years ago

      Your fix just helped me in Windows 10. I have never hated a 4K screen so much in my life. I'd like to see both the applications and the OS handle UHD and higher DPI settings better than this. But it certainly helps.

      Thanks again

  • vcas4128's avatar
    vcas4128
    New Contributor
    10 years ago

    I have exactily the same issue on windows 8.1 with SOAPUI 5.1.2.

      • johncaruso's avatar
        johncaruso
        Frequent Visitor
        9 years ago

        I can confirm this issue remains in both SoapUI and Ready! API under Windows 10 x64 on a HiDPI laptop (3200x1800 - Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro).

  • arktic17's avatar
    arktic17
    Occasional Visitor
    10 years ago

    I also do have the same issue with SoapUI 5.1.2

    I do not use Ready ! API so I can't tell you about it.

     

    I hope you can save our eyes :)

  • vcas4128's avatar
    vcas4128
    New Contributor
    10 years ago

    Up

     

    I have exactily the same issue on windows 8.1 with SOAPUI 5.2.1

  • yaplex's avatar
    yaplex
    Occasional Visitor
    10 years ago

    It's same for me, Windows 10x64, 3200x1800 (15 inches) monitor, SoapUI 5.2.1

    when application starts, I see SoapUI logo, and logo looks scaled well, but as soon as actual application starts, it's very small, unreadable.

  • user's avatar
    user
    Visitor
    10 years ago

    I got scaling issues as well. It's very very small. Basically unreadable.

     

    Windows 10x64

    3840 x 2160 (15 inch)

    SoapUI 5.2.1