Help! from laptop to desktop database

[sharpnote]

I develop my database on my laptop. When I installed it on a desktop, the whole form was a mess. Only half can be viewed, the fonts are large, etc. How do you fix this? Thanks

 

[PaulO]

Adjust the screen resolution on your Desktop ...

It might pay to have the laptop and desktop screens synchronised on the same resolution.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

generally, the problem is the other way round. A desktop display is often not wide screen. Designing for a desktop can give you a form that is too big to fit vertically on a laptop.

ultimately you really need to agree a standard resolution with your client, and develop for that. Add scroll bars, but if a user chooses to use your app on a non-standard screen, they are bound to have display difficulties.

 

[sharpnote]

My apologies for late reply. Noted all your comments. Thank you

 

[Simon_MT]

You should try developing in the smallest aspect and then use Anchoring to, unfortuntely one control to stretch horizontally for a Continuous Form or a set of control in a Form providing they can overlap. That way when you get a larger resolution the screen with adopt the screen size.

Subreports on a tab, including the actual Tabcontrol, can be set to BOTH for horizontal and Vertical and will expand to take advantage of the increase width and depth.

Simon