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

LOL, naw.  I was in meetings all afternoon.  Two two hour meetings in 5 hours.

Ick.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 4/16/2013 9:16 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
> Hey John
> Hey Zeus. Did you fall asleep at the wheel again old man? Just commenting on
> your reply time.
>
> 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 5:24 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 form design - setting the popup size
>
> 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,
>>