Dynamically Controling the Display Setting of an Access Form

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I need to set the display setting for a form. Specifically I have a form
that was developed on a terminal with the display settings set to 1024 by 768
and I have users whose screens are set to 800 by 600. When those users open
the form they can't see the whole form.

Is there a way to override the display settings and open a form to a
specified display setting, i.e. 1024 by 768?
 
BCP said:
I need to set the display setting for a form. Specifically I have a
form that was developed on a terminal with the display settings set
to 1024 by 768 and I have users whose screens are set to 800 by 600.
When those users open the form they can't see the whole form.

Is there a way to override the display settings and open a form to a
specified display setting, i.e. 1024 by 768?
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There are utilities that will resize a form, HOWEVER they don't work so well
on certain kinds of controls and they are much better at making forms bigger
than they were designed as opposed to making them smaller than they were
designed.

Normally you should just develop the forms with the lowest resolution
setting you will encounter in mind. Users seldom have PCs with the same
horsepower and displays that developers do. Ever wonder why most web pages
don't fill your whole screen horizontally? Same idea. Web developers
typically design for 800 by 600 as a minimum standard.
 
It's possible, but it's generally not recommended that you change settings
that the user has chosen. What, if for instance, you had a user who's
visually impaired?
 
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