Database sizing problems

[gdonald20]

Hi

I have designed a database for our clients in screen res 1280 x 1024. Each
of the monitors is set to this screen resolution. On one screen it displays
properly as designed and then on another computer it displays much bigger.

I have checked repeatedly and each monitor is set to 1280 x 1024 screen res.
The only thing i can think off is that one computer is running XP and the
other is running 2000.

Please can someone help shed some light on this problem it is taking up so
much time and the problem is just going backwards.

Thanks

Gillian

 

[gdonald20]

Hi

Thanks for the answer i already tried changing the XP pc up to using large
fonts thinking it would rectify the problem but the databse still displays
exactly the same all that changes is that the databse name in the access
window is slightly bigger.

It didn't appear to affect the scale of the databse at all.

Thanks

Gillian

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hi

Thanks for the answer i already tried changing the XP pc up to using large
fonts thinking it would rectify the problem but the databse still displays
exactly the same all that changes is that the databse name in the access
window is slightly bigger.

It didn't appear to affect the scale of the databse at all.

If the problem is that the form displays *larger* then the solution would be to
make the font size setting smaller, not larger (larger fonts = larger forms).

Did you check the DPI setting?

 

[gdonald20]

Hi

I didn't check the DPI where would i find that information.

Also the XP machine is the one that displays correctly but the 2000 machine
displays much bigger. I attempted to change the font size to large, on the XP
machine, to see if i could replicate the size that's showing on the 2000
machine.

Thanks

Gillian

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hi

I didn't check the DPI where would i find that information.

It can vary depending on your video card driver (I think), but on my PC...

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