[AccessD] Access 2007 form design - setting the popup size

Maybe the new Layout view allows you to do it?
I don't know since I mainly deal with ADPs and they don't display the
layout view as MDBs do.

David


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> It's always been the case that resizing the form in Normal View doesn't
> save the changed
> size.
>
> You have to go into Design View - that's the only place that  the Form's
> Width and
> Detail.Height can be modified (other than through code, of course).
>
> --
> Stuart
>
>
>
> On 16 Apr 2013 at 18:24, John W Colby wrote:
>
> > Dan's was the correct answer.
> >
> > In 2003 and before, in design view, the forms did not arrange themselves
> as tabs in the design
> > window.  There was no such paradigm.  That is now the default apparently.
> >
> > In order to really change the form size (popup) we had to view the form
> in view mode, then exit to
> > design view and resize, view again in view mode, back to design view
> etc.  Simply resizing in view
> > mode and saving might (but probably wouldn't) actually save your changes.
> >
> > John W. Colby
> >
> > Reality is what refuses to go away
> > when you do not believe in it
> >
> > On 4/16/2013 11:57 AM, Tony Septav wrote:
> > > Hey John
> > > Do not quite understand your problem (It harkens back to Rocky's
> problem),
> > > if it is a PopUp you have to visual place it on the screen (run it),
> then
> > > save it. I do not know what "docking on all four sides" means. You can
> also
> > > position it with the Move command. Maybe I am off track on this one.
> > >
> > > Tony Septav
> > > Nanaimo, BC
> > > Canada
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W
> Colby
> > > Sent: April-16-13 10:31 AM
> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > > Subject: [AccessD] Access 2007 form design - setting the popup size
> > >
> > > In the olden days you would size the form in design view and save,
> then when
> > > it popped up it would
> > > be that size.  My problem is that I do not know how to get the form to
> be a
> > > floating window so that
> > > I can see the size and resize / save it.  It insists on docking all
> four
> > > sides in design view.
> > > Further I cannot find the properties which would set that size in
> order to
> > > set it manually.
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appreciated,
> > >
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