application window resize

[xezekielx]

Hi! I wondered if it was possible to trap the 'application window resize' event. The reason I need to do this is because I have a main form (kind of like a splash screen) but it's not maximised to avoid problems with the other forms (problems like restoring, etc). So I set the main form to be the same size as the application window but I have a button on it that's dynamically positionned (in the bottom right corner) in the Form_Resize sub of the main form. If the user resizes the application window, the Form_Resize event won't be called because the main form isn't maximised per se. Any idea how I should proceed?

Thanks in advance!

 

[modest]

This will all have to be done using APIs

Before going that route, I'd suggest just not dynamically positioning the button. Keep the form one size.

 

[ghudson]

I prefer to customize and force the size of my forms with the InsideHeight & InsideWidth properties using the forms OnOpen event. I set my forms property to PopUp to NO and Modal to YES and I set the forms Control Box to NO and the Min Max buttons to NONE and the Close button to NO.

Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
On Error GoTo Err_Form_Open
    
    'just for testing
    MsgBox "InsideHeight = " & InsideHeight & vbCrLf & vbLf & "InsideWidth = " & InsideWidth
    
    InsideHeight = 5450 'twips is the unit of measurement
    InsideWidth = 7870
    
Exit_Form_Open:
    Exit Sub
    
Err_Form_Open:
    MsgBox Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description
    Resume Exit_Form_Open
    
End Sub

 

[modest]

Hudson, for some reason he wants the forms width to be the same space as the application window. When the window is resized... he wants the form to resize too.

 

[xezekielx]

Thanks for your answers! The reason why I want my main form to be the same size as the app window is because it's splash screen. Normally, I would use the DoCmd.Maximize method to make the form the same size as the app window and to be able to trap the Form_Resize event.

The problem is that I have several forms that have to be opened later. If I use the DoCmd.Restore in the Form_Load event of these forms, the main form (the splash screen) will restore as well and I don't want that to happen. I tried opening the other windows with the acDialog argument in the DoCmd.OpenForm method, but if I do it that way, the newly opened windows won't be able to access the menu bars that I created.

If you have any other solution (simpler or more complex, it doesn't matter) that I could use, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, then I like to know which API calls I should use (and how to use them if possible, since I never used them before).

Thanks in advance!