[AccessD] Forms too wide-able on wide monitor

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin2 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 19 09:51:34 CDT 2024


Difference in Access versions?

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:43 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> It works for me
>
> On 18 Mar 2024 at 22:24, Bill Benson wrote:
>
> > I thought inside with is a read only property. When I found I was not
> able
> > to set that within the form resize event (well I didn´t get a runtime
> > error, but the value didn´t change either). I then asked ChatGPT if it
> was
> > a read only property and it said that it was. On the other hand, ChatGPT
> is
> > wrong about so many many things.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:07PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > You'll need to work out a suitable value,but:
> > >
> > > Private Sub Form_Resize()
> > > Me.Caption = Me.InsideWidth ' just to see what's going on
> > > If Me.InsideWidth > 10000 Then Me.InsideWidth = 10000   'twips
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 18 Mar 2024 at 21:46, Bill Benson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Assuming possible (which is may not be) .... How can I put a
> governor in
> > > a
> > > > form´s resize or other event such that my form´s won´t stretch out
> too
> > > far
> > > > on user´s systems with super wide monitors? I think there is a
> recursive
> > > > artifact causing efforts to set the form to a specific width upon
> form
> > > > resize; maybe I am just supposed to lock down the min max buttons.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Been a long while since I did any MS Access development.
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