Compile to EXE results in form that is larger than designed

[dl_escan@alliantenergy.com]

Product, version and build: PowerShell Studio 2016 5.2.122
32 or 64 bit version of product: 64
Operating system: 2012 R2
32 or 64 bit OS: 64
PowerShell Version: 4

Prior to purchasing PS Studio, we built many GUI based scripts by hand that work fine, but figured it might be better to make them into an EXE. When I compile these scripts into an EXE with PS Studio 2016, the resulting form shown from the EXE is a different size and alignment from my original design. There is a larger gap for example between the right edge of the controls and the right edge of the form making it look all lop-sided and off-center. Functionally it works - just looks goofy. Why does a compiled EXE change the dimensions of my form?
Thanks

[DevinL]

Could you upload one of the scripts that this happens with? If you don't wish for it to be public you can upload it to https://sapien.com/support/upload and we'll take a look at it.

[Alexander Riedel]

Screenshots illustrating the difference would be great too, just in case the effect is on a particular machine or screen only.

[dl_escan@alliantenergy.com]

So after a little closer observation, I would say the form itself is not bigger. But rather all the controls in the form are compressed closer together and shrunk, anchored at the top left of the form...leaving larger gap between the right and bottom edges of the form. This made it look like the form is bigger...but really it is the same size. I am guessing the space between the controls and the size of them is at a smaller ratio compared to the original design.

I have attached a screenshot. The left form is the EXE and I highlighted in yellow the larger gap to the right and bottom. Its not a big deal, just kind of annoying I spent all that time manually lining up the controls and now the odd looking after the conversion to EXE. If there is a solution to this - cool...if not, no biggy.
Thanks

[Alexander Riedel]

The real difference here is the frame style. The form is actually the same, apart from some button alignment.
Most likely the difference is visible because when you run the script from a console it does not use the modern UI libs and styles, basically giving it an XP style frame. The manifest of our packaged exe's tag the exe file to use a more modern version of the Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls, so that will cause a difference in the frame.
I do not have 2012 machine handy, but if you package without a manifest (not really recommended) you could potentially force it back to the old style.

[dl_escan@alliantenergy.com]

Ah yes - I totally missed the border/frame width. Good catch.

Thanks for the time.