[AccessD] Setting Default control sizes in advance

Just a caveat, Arthur.  Since you're looking at different fonts and
different point sizes, keep in mind that you would have to do extensive
testing on reports (even more than on forms) to insure that your
controls were large enough to accommodate the various fonts.  Report
labels, especially, "size to fit" but don't necessarily do so.   


Charlotte Foust

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:12 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Setting Default control sizes in advance

Occasionally I have posed on this site as a person who knows what he is
doing. Forgive me for that, since I know nothing.
I have a client who wants every single control on every single form to
be sized 12 point not the default 10. 
I have another client who is quite satisfied with 10 point.
Is there a way to establish a compiler directive or global var or
whatever, such that in App 1 the AutoForm will respect 12 point while in
App 2 the AutoForm will respect 10 point? (I only mention AutoForm
because if it works there then I assume it will work everywhere.) This
same question probably also extends to font (client A likes Arial,
client B likes Times Roman). Can this be done? Or must I continue with
this inane form-by-form selection and resizing ad nauseum?
Solutions requested!
Client A wants 12 point Arial everywhere.
Client B wants 10 point Times Roman everywhere.
I begin most of my forms based on an underlying query. I also (unlike
many on this list) define every lookup etc. thoroughly at the table
level (i.e.
in the BE I state that CustomerID in the Orders table is a lookup into
the Customers table). I do this so that I can inherit the definition in
all subsequent forms and reports. I realize that many of you do not do
this, and I don't want this to get sidetracked into a discussion about
that. I want to concentrate on the question of how to default all
AutoForms (and custom forms too) to default to control-font-size = 10 v.
12 and control-font = Arial v. Courier or something else.
Can this be done, and if so how?
TIA,
Arthur

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