Adjusting Screen Resolution - Urgent Help Required (1 Viewer)

[Paula_NZ]

I have an application which has been setup using a 1024x768 screen resolution but the computer I am currently trying to set up on only has a 600x800 reslution option. Is it at all possible to change the resolution within Access 2000

Your help would be most appreciated.

 

[dcx693]

Attempting to adjust the Windows screen resolution just sounds like a recipe for disaster (not that I'd even know how to go about attempting it).

However, dynamically changing the size of your Access forms based on screen resolution is very smart. The Access Developer's Handbook has a discussion on this. Here's a link to a page with info and downloadable code: Developer's Handbook Downloads. Look for the "Form scaling/resizing tool"

 

[Peter D]

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/ .

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,

 

[Ukraine82]

Take a look at the link that I posted earlier. I attached a sample database that you can download.

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=73333&highlight=resolution

hth,

Michael