Vista Problem

[Guest]

When my application is launched on not-Vista, the dialog looks as follows:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/webspace/test/SDTM-RIGHT.jpg

When my application is launched on Vista, the dialog looks "squished up", as
follows:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/webspace/test/SDTM-WRONG.jpg

Either A2000 or A2007 on Vista has the problem, so the issue is with the OS,
not A2007.

Thank you.
BrerGoose

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

Sorry, both examples look identical when I view them. I suspect the two
systems you're using (Vista and non-Vista) have different screen resolutions,
which is causing the problem on your end.

 

[Guest]

Please look again, because the entire top is cut-off and the bottom is
partially missing. Changing the resolution does not cut-off part of a
dialog, it only resizes it. Even upon setting the resolutions the same, it
still has the problem.

BrerGoose

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

I stand corrected, The Moose is, indeed, missing! The problems that have been
documented with Vista and all versions of Access are legion, and, sorry to
say, I suspect this is another example of the many problems.

And since you’re dealing with Vista, you need to take a look see at Allen
Browne’s site at his warnings about the mixture of the two. The warning box
is on the right just a couple of mousewheel clicks down from the top.

http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html

Good Luck, BrerGoose!

Say "Hello!" to Uncle Remus for me!

Linq

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Answers/posts based on Access 2000

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[Guest]

Thank you for your time and effort. Some other applications have had "funny"
alterations to their dialogs, as well. I had hoped that it was some Vista
setting that might need to be fixed.

BrerGoose

 

[AnandaSim]

Thank you for your time and effort. Some other applications have had "funny"
alterations to their dialogs, as well. I had hoped that it was some Vista
setting that might need to be fixed.

BrerGoose

Vista has more modern, fancy Windows and thus window dimensions. Why
don't you resize the window by pulling the bottom right corner? Or is
there no double headed mouse cursor?

HTH
Ananda

 

[Guest]

Because the application has to work on all OS platforms. Resize to
accomodate Vista then makes it too big for other platforms. Why should the
application look different from one OS to the next ?

BrerGoose

 

[Guest]

Because the application has to work on all OS platforms. Resize to
accomodate Vista then makes it too big for other platforms. Why should the
application look different from one OS to the next ?

BrerGoose

 

[AnandaSim]

Because the application has to work on all OS platforms. Resize to
accomodate Vista then makes it too big for other platforms. Why should the
application look different from one OS to the next ?

Huh? I'm not a Microsoft engineer so I don't know whether that is a
valid question. Or the answer.

I can only guess:

"Why should the application look different from one OS to the next ?"

Because they are *different* UI.

Take for example, Windows XP only. Windows XP can be displayed in
"classic" view (like the preceding Windows 9x) or in the more modern
view (you know the fat Start menu, fat title bars etc...)

It just so happens, that the Microsoft engineers managed to make both
views pretty much "fit". But for a long time, I ran my Windows XP in
classic view because things like the Query Design in Access were
outrageously ugly and had these fat title bars on the field lists that
took up so much space.

Access has traditionally not "resized" it's windows well. So if Access
windows do look good on all platforms, it is something to be thankful
for. If my memory serves me right, if we initially set the Access
Forms window a certain size and the main Access window is large
enough, it looks ok. If an operator launches the app and then resizes
the main window by mousing, the next time we re-launch the app, the
window sizes are changed. Over time, with Access pop up Forms, I've
spent so much time going forward and back making them non pop up, then
sizing "to fit", checking the display, then setting the pop up flag -
it's quite a pain.

Speaking of which, you could detect OS version and programmatically
resize the form dimensions?

HTH
Ananda

 

[Gina Whipp]

BrerGoose,

Is your menu sized or do you have it set to maximize? If it is sized that
will happen because of the different OS's and screen resolutions. I have
yet to find a way around that so, I make my Main Menu smaller, that way it
fits on any monitor size and in most resolutions, 800x600 being the
exception. Remember, you have no control over those items when distrbuting
an application.

 

[Guest]

The main Access window is fixed, and the form is maximized. However, the
application is fine on non-Vista systems. While some things about the GUI
change with a new OS, it is a little hard to imagine why the dialog is
cut-off at the top. This behavior has actually appeared in a few other
programs not related to Acces, which means that the OS is the problem.

BrerGoose

 

[Gina Whipp]

That is interesting.... sorry I couldn't be of any help!