Screen resolution

[Mazza]

Hi Guys,

Is there a way to set the screen resolution so that it fits a variety of
different resolutions. I have this database across a network which works
well but some of the laptops can not see the entire screens in the DB. I
believe some of the laptops are unable to reset the screen resolution.
What is the answer.

Thanks in anticipation.

Mazza

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hi Guys,

Is there a way to set the screen resolution so that it fits a variety of
different resolutions. I have this database across a network which works well
but some of the laptops can not see the entire screens in the DB. I believe
some of the laptops are unable to reset the screen resolution.
What is the answer.

Best practice is to simply design your forms so they fit on the lowest
resolution display that you need to support. There are code/utilities that you
can obtain that can resize your forms. However; in my opinion the only
legitimate use of those is to make large forms smaller on lo-res displays (your
current problem) and the utilities are not nearly as good at that as they are at
making forms larger on hi-res displays. The latter being totally unnecessary
and likely to annoy your users.

Google "shrinker/stretcher" +Access and you should easily find one such utility
that has a free demo you can download.

 

[Guest]

found this in my travels: http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm

 

[Mazza]

Thanks heaps Rick

Best practice is to simply design your forms so they fit on the lowest
resolution display that you need to support. There are code/utilities
that you can obtain that can resize your forms. However; in my opinion
the only legitimate use of those is to make large forms smaller on lo-res
displays (your current problem) and the utilities are not nearly as good
at that as they are at making forms larger on hi-res displays. The latter
being totally unnecessary and likely to annoy your users.

Google "shrinker/stretcher" +Access and you should easily find one such
utility that has a free demo you can download.