[AccessD] Form positioning another try

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Tue Jul 29 06:00:35 CDT 2008


William,

Thank you for this link.  It is very useful, and I expect it will become 
a regular part of my tooklit, too.  Thanks again.

Tina

William Hindman wrote:
> 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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