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ver0n's avatar
ver0n
11 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...
Mediamana's avatar
Mediamana
New Contributor
10 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