Form appearance

[JeffH]

I have a database application that is used on several different computers
with differnt monitors. While the forms fit nicely on my laptop, they are
too large for a couple of the user's monitors.

I have the property of the form set to Yes for Auto Resize but this doesn't
help.

How can I make sure the Forms re-size automatically to fit on any monitor?

 

[Jerry Whittle]

While there is some code out there to resize forms, I find it easier to
develop Access applications at the lowest common denominator. One of the
questions on my development checklist is the minimum screen resolution and
colors. I develop to that.

I also test on an old, decrepit computer to make sure that raw cpu power and
memory aren't hiding any performance issues.

 

[pddxxx]

There are third-party form scaling solutions available that might
help:

A shareware version of a form rescaling module I wrote called
ShrinkerStretcher is available at this web site: http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm

There's a form resizer at http://www.jamiessoftware.tk/resizeform/rf_jump.html
..

Another one: http://sourceforge.net/projects/modscaleform

The Access Developer's Handbook has form resizing code included:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0782119417/107-8064361-7403703

Hope this helps,

Peter De Baets
Peter's Software - Microsoft Access Tools for Developers
http://www.peterssoftware.com