[AccessD] Screen Resolution

Jim Dettman jimdettman at verizon.net
Mon Mar 20 16:01:28 CDT 2023


 I would assume so.

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD On Behalf Of Ryan W
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 11:58 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Screen Resolution

Thanks. I assume Colin's talk will be an extension/revision of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnvystAeu0

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 10:55 AM Jim Dettman via AccessD <
accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

>
>  Just to add:
>
> 1. Peter's Software sells shrink/stretcher, which has a free download that
> you can try out:
>
> http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm
>
> 2. If you didn't catch it in that post about Access DevCon Vienna, there
> is going to be a presentation on form resizing:
>
> *       Making Automatic Form Resizing work for you  (Colin Riddington)
>
> Jim.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD On Behalf Of Ryan W
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 11:37 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Screen Resolution
>
> Well that's kind of my point, I don't see how a textbox that's 1920-ish
> pixels wide (assuming it starts on the leftmost side and is unencumbered by
> another control) makes sense.. I guess I'd have to see it in action.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 10:30 AM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The code expands the form to fill the display. Recently the guy who
> > acquired my manufacturing product a few years ago ran into some
> ultra-high
> > res monitors as a site where the screen resizing failed. I know the ADH
> > resizer works well up to 1920 x 1080. Above that I haven't tested myself.
> >
> > Fortunately I don't have to support the software anymore - just collect
> the
> > royalties. :o)
> >
> > I told him I would do it - however he had to ship me one of those
> monitors
> > to play with while I fixed the resizing code. But those monitors are
> large,
> > heavy, expensive, and shipping would be spendy. He has an in-house
> software
> > guy who is pretty busy but that's who should really do it.
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 8:19 AM Ryan W <wrwehler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'd be interested to see this in action. I cannot imagine wanting to
> > > stretch text/combo boxes out so much to fill a screen that they span a
> > > giant portion of it?
> > >
> > > My app was originally written in the 90s so most of my screens are
> still
> > > stuffed up in the upper left corner of the access forms, because I
> > haven't
> > > seen a way to scale them up that makes sense... plus we still have a
> few
> > > workstations with screens around 1440x900.. so I usually make the forms
> > > work for the smallest size and then use the anchoring of certain
> controls
> > > stretch right and down, and so forth.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 10:10 AM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Arthur:
> > > >
> > > > Many years ago when displays were from 800x600 and up. I used the
> > screen
> > > > resizing routine in the ADH to solve this problem. I still use it -
> > > > although I have made some slight modifications over the years. I
> have a
> > > way
> > > > as well of handling sub-forms.  I can send you what I've got and you
> > can
> > > > test it out with a small database. Let me know.
> > > >
> > > > r
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 12:49 AM Arthur Fuller <
> > fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to change the screen resolution upon entry to an
> > Access
> > > > app,
> > > > > and then restore the original resolution on exit? The laptop I'm
> > > working
> > > > on
> > > > > just doesn't have enough real estate to show the whole thing
> without
> > > > > scrollbars. On the client's machine there is no problem. But here
> at
> > > home
> > > > > on my laptop it's a PITA.
> > > > >
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