forms and different screen sizes/resolutions

[wesley]

i build databases with forms for the end user but run into problems because different users have different screen sizes/resolutions. is there a way that access will automatically resize the content of a form so all the elements fit onto the screen? (i don't really want to resort to scroll bars.)

 

[Peter De Baets]

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/ss2.htm

FMS has a sizer module at www.fmsinc.com.

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

For more informmation, there are some great articles about form scaling in
the December 2000, and May 2001 SmartAccess newsletter. Check it out here:
http://www.smartaccessnewsletter.com

Hope this helps,

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

i build databases with forms for the end user but run into problems

because different users have different screen sizes/resolutions. is there a
way that access will automatically resize the content of a form so all the
elements fit onto the screen? (i don't really want to resort to scroll
bars.)