Form Size Problems (1 Viewer)

[christy]

I think this came up before but i'm not sure.

The problem i have is that i have designed a database which resides on our sever that many users can access and i'm using a 21" monitor and have resolution setting of 1024 by 768. All the forms look fine on my PC but when other users who have different sizes of monitors and are using diff resolution settings the forms look terrible. (Because i have also disabled the scrollbars from the forms some do'nt even fit on the screen).

Is there a way that i can have all my forms on different PC's to look the same as my own?

Hopoe someone can understand this......
Any help would be great
Christy

 

[Rich@ITTC]

Hi Christy

Yes there have been other posts on this topic and I will add a link below to one of them. However, a good design principle is to always work to the lowest resolution that any user will have on their PC when creating your database. This is part of the planning and consultation process of setting up a database for someone - you need to get definite details on their hardware, memory available, monitor size and most importantly resolution used, network configuration, operating system, version of Access they already have installed (if any) etc.

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/ubb/Forum5/HTML/001226.html


HTH


Rich Gorvin

[This message has been edited by Rich@ITTC (edited 07-18-2001).]

 

[russi]

Hi.
As already told there are a number of options for you posted here. Please use the Search feature.
Meanwhile, I do have a sample database that does what you seek. E-mail me for it.

Russ

 

[MSUKevin]

russi,

I didn't want to e-mail you directly until I got your permission to do so, but could you possibly send me a copy of the sample database that can adjust screen resolutions? I have seen the previous thread on this topic but have never gotten a response to my post.

Thank you in advance,
Kevin

e-mail: STONGK@state.mi.us

 

[DT]

go here:
http://www.fusiondataservices.co.uk/

and download Fusion ResizeForm. It doesn't mess with screen resolution.

 

[Peter D]

You can use a third-party form rescaling module or add-in to do this for you, or write the code yourself, but it is quite involved.

A shareware version of a form rescaling module I wrote called ShrinkerStretcher is available at this web site: http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.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%3D0782119417/107-8064361-7403703

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

 

[christy]

Thanx Guys for all your help........

I'm sure there is something here for me to use.

Thanks again
Christy