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This code works for me (by scaling a group). I leave it you to determine 
a suitable calculation for newScale value. Custom runtimeDPIprovider not 
needed as default returns 160 (which is fine)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
                        applicationDPI="160"
                        creationComplete="init()">

     <fx:Script>
         <![CDATA[
             import mx.events.FlexEvent;

             protected function init():void
             {
                 var newScale:Number = 2;
                 grp.scaleX = newScale;
                 grp.scaleY = newScale;
             }
         ]]>
     </fx:Script>

     <s:Group id="grp"
              left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">

         <s:Label id="LeftMarker" left="0" verticalCenter="0" 
text="&lt;--- LEFT" fontSize="24"/>

         <s:Label id="MiddleMarker" horizontalCenter="0" 
verticalCenter="0" text="&gt; &gt; &gt; MIDDLE &lt; &lt; &lt;" 
fontSize="24"/>

         <s:Label id="RightMarker" right="0" verticalCenter="0" 
text="RIGHT ---&gt;" fontSize="24"/>

     </s:Group>

</s:WindowedApplication>

Lee Burrows
ActionScripter

On 05/12/2014 17:37, Subscriptions wrote:
> I havent tested it but a possible workaround would be to avoid flex 
> scaling completely and write your own... either set stage.scaleX/Y as 
> appropriate (or maybe you will need to put all your content inside a 
> group and scale the group).
>
> Having said that, the more i think about it, i'm not sure scaling a 
> desktop app is ideal (even if window cant be resized by user) - but 
> i'm guessing your app is too far into development to change that?
>
> Lee Burrows
> ActionScripter
>
> On 05/12/2014 16:54, Jason Moore wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I submitted a bug to the Jira system around how the application 
>> scaling using applicationDPI for desktop Air Apps seems to be broken. 
>> I've included screenshots, example code etc.. so I won't go into 
>> detail here, if you're interested and can help please do have a look. 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34653
>>
>> Anyway, I've checked out the source... and have been playing around 
>> but I can't seem to get any changes to the WindowedApplication.as 
>> (\frameworks\projects\airspark\src\spark\components) to do anything. 
>> Trace statements don't work, I've even put in deliberate errors... to 
>> no effect.  Changes and trace statements in other parts of the 
>> framework such as systemManager.as appear so I know I'm compiling and 
>> using my edited source.
>>
>> Is there something special about the WindowedApplication.as ... is it 
>> overridden somewhere in the build?
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>> Jason :)
>>
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