[AccessD] Form positioning another try

Tina

...take a look at http://www.peterssoftware.com/winmanip.htm
...its a freebie module I've used for years now, heavily modified, but it 
should put you on the right track.

William

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From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:27 AM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Form positioning another try

> Hi Gustav,
>
> You are right, users won't be double-clicking in the Forms container.
> But, when I make frmMyForm the startup form, it locates in the same
> place as when double-clicked from the Forms container.  So, I am trying
> to understand what I must do to put this form in the position I want no
> matter how it is opened.  Perhaps by putting first a splash form and
> calling my frmMyForm from that?
>
> Thanks for the thought about the presence of a top toolbar.  Shouldn't I
> be able then to open and load the form (maybe with Application.Echo
> False so the screen doesn't jump around), then have the On Current or On
> GotFocus event relocate the form to the proper place?  I haven't tried
> exactly that, so I will.
>
> Any other thoughts?  Thank you,
> Tina
>
> Gustav Brock wrote:
>> Hi Tina
>>
>> That could be because thinks when opening it by double-clicking, that a 
>> top toolbar is not present which - when the form loads - it is.
>>
>> But what does it matter? Users don't double-click in the Forms container 
>> ...
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>
>>>>> tinanfields at torchlake.com 27-07-2008 20:43 >>>
>>>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Didn't get anyone to bite on my previous query about this, so I'll try
>> it a little different way.
>>
>> I have a form we'll call frmMyForm.  I want it to be in a certain
>> position 6000 twps from the left edge of the window and 1200 twps from
>> the top edge of the window.
>>
>> If I put the DoCmd.MoveSize 6000, 1200 in the On Activate event of the
>> form and call the form from some other form with a command button that
>> has in its On Click event the DoCmd.OpenForm frmMyForm, all is well.
>> The frmMyForm opens in the desired position.  However, if I double-click
>> the icon for frmMyForm in the Forms container, frmMyForm opens in a
>> slightly higher position - about 400 twps higher, as a matter of fact. 
>> Why?
>>
>> I've tried my DoCmd.MoveSize in every event I can think of that should
>> launch frmMyForm in the correct position - On Open, On Load, On Resize,
>> On Current, On Activate, On GotFocus - no go.  It works fine if called
>> by code attached to some command button, but it does not work when the
>> frmMyForm icon is double-clicked from the Forms container in the
>> Database window.  Why?
>>
>> What am I doing wrong here?  Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>>
>>
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