Centering everything for different screens

[NigelShaw]

Hi All,

probably been asked before but wanting to make my form centred on the screen which will stay centred regardless of the screen size. i guess, a bit like a web page. My db has been nicely created to fit a scree nbut when it opens on a different size screen, it looks awful! it seems whatever i do, it goes to the left as that is where the form starts.

my only option left is to try and have the form as a pop up window fixed in place, non maximized with no options to maximize, non moveable and close buttons removed but i think it might like a bit ganky.

thought and advise appreciated here


Nigel

 

[Dennisk]

It's one of the properties of a form. Set the Centre property to true

 

[NigelShaw]

Hi,

thanks for the response. it doesnt sem to be as easy as that. i have my form centred, and ive tried popup, modal, dialog but still it goes to the left....




Nigel

 

[DCrake]

What have you got the Auto Resize set to?

 

[NigelShaw]

Hi,

im looking through various settings. currently, i am set to -

Pop Up = Yes
Auto Center = Yes
Auto Resize = No
Fit To Screen = No
Border Style = Dialog

This places my form as a popup on the upper left of my screen


regs,

nigel

 

[boblarson]

Dialog is not the border to select if you want a full screen. Change to Sizeable.

 

[NigelShaw]

Hi Guys,

i have changed the border style to sizable but it didnt make that much difference. when it centres, the pop up form is over the ribbon menu area. isnt that a bit odd? ideally, it wants to be under this surely.......

i only have the ribbon buttons available so to make my db always be centred, i need to make it a pop up and centre the form but it centres in the width only and sits over the ribbon!! whos brainchild idea was that over at MS Central?


Nigel

 

[boblarson]

If using 2007, do you have the Cascading windows option set as compared to the tabbed option?
See here:http://www.btabdevelopment.com/main...tochangefromtabbedforms/tabid/81/Default.aspx

 

[NigelShaw]

Hi bob,

i do have the cascaded windows as i dont like the tabbed ones. the whole emphasis of the way the database works is to only have one form. no pop ups or other forms should open at all but everything is carried out by changing the subform. i can get around it by having a background form open and the main form being a pop up which still carries out the needs however, by doing this the pop up is over the ribbon by default so cannot action any activities!

is there a way to prevent the access window from being maximized so effectively, the database itself cannot be full screened but retained at a certain size on the desktop?

its nearly there in so many ways but misses by a mile in others. ( Access that is )

the funny thing is, i can do this so easy in php or asp and get just what i want but unfortunately, php doesnt run locally.........



thanks guys,


Nigel

 

[boblarson]

Unfortunately I don't have 2007 where I'm currently working so I can't test things. We'll have to rely on someone else or wait until I can do it from home in about 10 hours.

 

[NigelShaw]

Unfortunately I don't have 2007 where I'm currently working so I can't test things. We'll have to rely on someone else or wait until I can do it from home in about 10 hours.

Hi Bob,

did you by chance get to look at this at all?


regs,


Nigel

 

[boblarson]

Sorry, I had forgotten about it. Had several other things come up which kind of messed up my memory. I'll email myself to see if I can't do something later.

 

[boblarson]

I got mine to show Full Screen like this (see below) with settings of:

Popup = YES
Cascading forms instead of Tabbed Interface
Border Style = Sizeable

and with this in the form's On Open Event:

DoCmd.Maximize