[AccessD] Look & Feel wizard?

Hi Andy

I hadn't thought of that. I was just going to sweep through and then allow
the user to finish off the forms by hand, or roll back the changes if the
result was disastrous. I suppose the thing to do would be to combine it with
the auto-resize functionality that's out there. It's not something I've done
before but I know it's possible to rescale fonts and controls according to
resolution, maintaining relative positions etc., so it ought to be possible
to do it the other way around... I hope... It would be a way of adding
something to Helen's work :)

Roz


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: 20 March 2008 11:56
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Look & Feel wizard?

Hi Roz
Sounds a great idea if it's feasible. I once had to write code to change the
point size throughout a very large database. Of course different (larger)
point size meant increasing size of controls and that meant repositioning
them and so on. Bit of a nightmare really. So if your wizard's going to allow
for that option it'll need to take lots into account. As I say though, sounds
a great idea and I for one don't know of anything out there.

-- Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 

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>rosalyn.clarke at barclays.com
>Sent: 20 March 2008 11:06
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [AccessD] Look & Feel wizard?
>
>
>Hi everyone
>
>I am thinking about building a wizard that allows power users to set up 
>form types with a certain look & feel (and possibly behaviour set) and 
>then apply settings to all forms in the database, interating through 
>forms and controls. It would also allow them to create new forms based 
>on the defined types - like the template option, but with multiple 
>templates, and
>(possibly) stored within the database. 
>
>So the sanity check - has this been done? I feel like it must have 
>been, but I can't find anything out there. The point is to allow people 
>to update the look & feel if they go through a rebranding exercise or 
>whatever. Inspired by me trying to bring 13 different databases 
>up-to-date with the Big Bank's current brand guidelines.
>
>TIA for any input
>
>Roz
>
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