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MS Access Forum / Forms / April 2008Low resolution screens hides some of the form
When I create Access databases I design on a monitor with very high resolution so I can view multiple objects at once, but some of the users have very low resolution so can't see an entire form, even when I have thought I designed it small enough. Is there a chart with some standard resolutions which will tell me what the maximum width and height a form can be and still fit on the screen? I do not interact with these users so can not measure things on their screens. Mich If you size your form to 6 inches by 4 inches it should fit at 800x600 resolution. You may also want to consider some form rescaling solutions. It's possible to size your form to fit the end user's screen resolution. A shareware version of a form rescaling module I wrote called ShrinkerStretcher is available at this web site: http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm There's a form resizer at http://www.jamiessoftware.tk/resizeform/rf_jump.html . Another one: http://sourceforge.net/projects/modscaleform The Access Developer's Handbook has form resizing code included: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0782119417/107-8064361-7403703 Hope this helps, Peter De Baets Peter's Software - Microsoft Access Tools for Developers http://www.peterssoftware.com The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes because they can't see well! If I shrink it then they can't read it! 6" x 4" is a guess or realistic? I am wary about downloading executables from foreign sites, so resizeform is out, and modscale form was asking me to do product surveys so that's out. I don't have the Access handbook that's for sale on hand. All I need is a scale: Resolution vs size! > If you size your form to 6 inches by 4 inches it should fit at 800x600 > resolution. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Peter's Software - Microsoft Access Tools for Developers > http://www.peterssoftware.com > The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes because > they can't see well! If I shrink it then they can't read it! 6" x 4" is a > guess or realistic? It's realistic. You can always try changing your display settings to 800x600 or 640x480, then open your forms to see what will work best. The ShrinkerStretcher demo also has some code to size the Access window to the size of an 800x600 monitor. See the Maximized Form Example in the demo - http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm Hope this helps, Peter De Baets http://www.peterssoftware.com > The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes > because they can't see well! If I shrink it then they can't read it! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > surveys so that's out. I don't have the Access handbook that's for > sale on hand. All I need is a scale: Resolution vs size! Similar to what the other poster said I have found that if I keep forms at around 4 inches tall and 7 inches wide (according to the design ruler) that they will fit on 800 by 600 screens if Access is maximized. This varies according to how many command bars you are showing and whether the user is using large fonts or different DPI settings in Windows. Shrinker Stretcher (in my experience) is better at making forms larger than it is at making them smaller. The best thing to do is TEST and make all of your forms fit on the lowest resolution you need to support.  SignatureRick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP Email (as appropriate) to... RBrandt at Hunter dot com 4" x 7" is what I will strive for then. Too bad as 5 x 10 fits so much more information presented in an easily readable format. I'm going to use tabs to break up the info. Thanks for all suggestions Mich >> The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes >> because they can't see well! If I shrink it then they can't read it! [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > than it is at making them smaller. The best thing to do is TEST and make > all of your forms fit on the lowest resolution you need to support. > The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes > because they can't see well! Tell them to get new glasses. Seriously. Or tell their manager. It's ridiculous for someone to try to work with bad eyesight if it's fixable (granted, things like cataracts are fixable, but generally left until the get bad before being corrected, so this could be one of those exceptions). SignatureDavid W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ These people are in their 70's and still working. Glasses won't fix it. >> The Shrinker Stretcher would be nice except these people use LoRes >> because they can't see well! [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > left until the get bad before being corrected, so this could be one > of those exceptions). > These people are in their 70's and still working. Glasses won't > fix it. Then get them larger monitors. SignatureDavid W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |
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