Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into an MDB
front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at different
screen resolutions?

Hi,

> Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into
> an MDB front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at
> different screen resolutions?

Take a look at the "Form scaling/resizing Tool" here :

http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm

Regards
Jens

Thanks.

"Jens Schilling" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
>> Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into
>> an MDB front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at
>> different screen resolutions?
>
> Take a look at the "Form scaling/resizing Tool" here :
>
> http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm
>
> Regards
> Jens
>
>

Neil wrote:
> Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into
> an MDB front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at
> different screen resolutions?

Why do you think they need to? Most programs look smaller on higher
resolutions. That is the desired effect of running a higher resolution.

--
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

I believe the client wants to set it for 1024x768, but still have it run on
800x600 -- so the opposite of that.

"Rick Brandt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Neil wrote:
>> Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into
>> an MDB front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at
>> different screen resolutions?
>
> Why do you think they need to? Most programs look smaller on higher
> resolutions. That is the desired effect of running a higher resolution.
>
> --
> Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
> Email (as appropriate) to...
> RBrandt at Hunter dot com
>

SOMETIMES that is the desired effect. Sometimes it is an unfortunate
side effect.


On Jul 17, 8:09 am, "Rick Brandt" <rickbran...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Neil wrote:
> > Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into
> > an MDB front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at
> > different screen resolutions?
>
> Why do you think they need to? Most programs look smaller on higher
> resolutions. That is the desired effect of running a higher resolution.
>
> --
> Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
> Email (as appropriate) to...
> RBrandt at Hunter dot com

DavidB wrote:
> SOMETIMES that is the desired effect. Sometimes it is an unfortunate
> side effect.

Exactly what does a higher resolution setting do other than make things smaller
(as a percentage of screen real estate)?

The point of a higher setting is to see MORE. When you make your app larger
based on detected screen resolution then you are ignoring the user's wishes in
favor of your own notion of what they should see.

If people wanted to see the same things only larger they would buy a larger
display and run at the same resolution as they did the smaller display.

--
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

Neil wrote:
> I believe the client wants to set it for 1024x768, but still have it
> run on 800x600 -- so the opposite of that.

I'm sorry, but I can make no sense of that statement.

--
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

Not sure what's not clear. You said that if a user uses a form on a higher
resolution, it becomes smaller, but that's usually the desired result. I was
saying that the client wants to do the opposite of that: instead of going
from a low resolution to a high resolution, go from a high resolution to a
low resolution.

"Rick Brandt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Neil wrote:
>> I believe the client wants to set it for 1024x768, but still have it
>> run on 800x600 -- so the opposite of that.
>
> I'm sorry, but I can make no sense of that statement.
>
> --
> Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
> Email (as appropriate) to...
> RBrandt at Hunter dot com
>

The point of a higher resolution is usually greater visual clarity, not
seeing more on the screen. Having things at a higher resolution means the
edges of fonts are less jagged, and things are usually clearer. Most of the
users I've come across who go to a higher resolution don't like the fact
that things are smaller, because they're also harder to see, and want it
large again. Programmers, on the other hand, and technophiles in general,
like it smaller so they can get more stuff on the screen.

But again, as per my other post, in my situation, it's not going to a higher
resolution (and things getting smaller) that's the issue, but going to a
lower resolution (and things getting bigger) that's the issue.


"Rick Brandt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> DavidB wrote:
>> SOMETIMES that is the desired effect. Sometimes it is an unfortunate
>> side effect.
>
> Exactly what does a higher resolution setting do other than make things
> smaller (as a percentage of screen real estate)?
>
> The point of a higher setting is to see MORE. When you make your app
> larger based on detected screen resolution then you are ignoring the
> user's wishes in favor of your own notion of what they should see.
>
> If people wanted to see the same things only larger they would buy a
> larger display and run at the same resolution as they did the smaller
> display.
>
> --
> Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
> Email (as appropriate) to...
> RBrandt at Hunter dot com
>
>
>