Universal Form Size?

[Guest]

I have a problem that all my users have different screen resolutions which
ultimately affects my forms. Is there anyway that I can set something so that
all the forms will look the same no matter what your screens resolution?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Not as a property.

You can put in code to detect the user's resolution and resize your form
accordingly, but it's not trivial code. They show you how to do this in the
Developer's Handbook (from Sybex: see http://www.developershandbook.com/ for
details). You can download an MDE veresion of the code from
http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm and use it in your
application.

Another option is to purchase ShrinkerStretcher from Peter's Software
http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm

 

[Al Campagna]

Access Africa,
Try doing a Google groups search on "public.access" "forms" "resizing". There are many
solutions and comments regarding this function.
Be aware that resizing is basically a mathematical process, and may not display a
"precise" scaled report.

Also, when developing for multiple resolutions it might be easiest to design in
800x600. It may appear smaller at higher resolutions, but will always work without hiding
any controls.

I think the most popular resizers are...
http://www.developershandbook.com/
(Consider investing in "The Developer's Handbook" for your version of
Access. It has the source code for the resizing function.)

http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm


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