[AccessD] My web site in 800x600.

Drew Wutka DWUTKA at marlow.com
Thu Feb 20 01:37:01 CST 2003


It's not really a lot of work, it's like using a query instead of 'Find'.
Sure it's a little more setup to use a query, but the results and processes
are much easier to deal with in the end.

Drew

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
> Sent:	Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:00 AM
> To:	accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] My web site in 800x600.
> 
> That sounds cool, but also a lot of work?
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:40 AM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] My web site in 800x600.
> 
> 
> One tip on dealing with different resolutions, is to use % based
> positioning
> and scaling.  (You can make frames, tables, images all sized based on the
> percentage of the screen.  Thus, when a window is resized, or it is
> displayed on different resolutions, the pages are 'redrawn' to match.)
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:57 PM
> To: AccessD
> Subject: [AccessD] My web site in 800x600.
> 
> 
> Well, I did all my design on my 19 inch monitor at 1024 x 768.  Of course,
> it doesn't display right at 800 x 600 - the buttons in the TOC on the left
> are partially hidden by the slider bar.
> 
> Is it just me, or does this kind of thing really suck.  Is there any way
> to
> force the button sizes to shrink when displayed on 800 x 600?  I really
> hate
> to do my development for that resolution, but it is the most common still.
> Of course AFAIAC, anyone using 640 x 480 can just browse elsewhere.  8-(
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
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