HELP! Form resizes itelf

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I cannot imagine what could cause this.

I have a form with 3 tabs, and after I added a 4th tab when I switched to
form view the form was about 3x4", instead of almost filling up the screen. I
have looked at properties, even though I hadn't changed any, to be sure I had
not set ti to resize somehow. It seemed like a buggy sort of thing, so I ran
a full scan (twice). It still happens. I thought maybe it was because I did
something while adding the tab, so I opened an older version... same thing.
Even if I pull out the edges, save, close, reopen, always the small window.

Any ideas? I am most grateful...
 
Cat,
Any chance you set the form Popup property to Yes?
Also check that the BorderStyle is Sizable.
Only thing I can think of...
 
Thanks, but no, Popup is No, Border Style is Sizeable... And remember this
also happened to the old version, too. Any other ideas?

Thanks!
 
Cat Winslow said:
I cannot imagine what could cause this.

I have a form with 3 tabs, and after I added a 4th tab when I
switched to form view the form was about 3x4", instead of almost
filling up the screen. I have looked at properties, even though I
hadn't changed any, to be sure I had not set ti to resize somehow. It
seemed like a buggy sort of thing, so I ran a full scan (twice). It
still happens. I thought maybe it was because I did something while
adding the tab, so I opened an older version... same thing. Even if I
pull out the edges, save, close, reopen, always the small window.

Any ideas? I am most grateful...
Click to expand...

I take it there's no code or macro executing that does a MoveSize?

If you set the form's Auto Resize property to Yes, does the form open to
the proper size?
 
Dirk,

No MoveSize going on, although I thought about putting in a macro to see if
it will override this wierdness, but that would just be a bandaid even if it
did work. Both the main and form used on the tab are set AutoResize Yes...

Another thing I noticed: if I open in Design view, it is sized correctly,
but if I open in Form view it is small. If I am in Design view and resize the
window, it then opens a small Form view window on top of the Design view
larger window, and both are on the screen. It's as if memory is low with
overlapping partial windows, but it isn't.

Does that give you any more ideas? I'll try anything :)
 
Cat Winslow said:
Dirk,

No MoveSize going on, although I thought about putting in a macro to
see if it will override this wierdness, but that would just be a
bandaid even if it did work. Both the main and form used on the tab
are set AutoResize Yes...

Another thing I noticed: if I open in Design view, it is sized
correctly, but if I open in Form view it is small. If I am in Design
view and resize the window, it then opens a small Form view window on
top of the Design view larger window, and both are on the screen.
It's as if memory is low with overlapping partial windows, but it
isn't.

Does that give you any more ideas? I'll try anything :)
Click to expand...

That's exceedingly strange. I suspect some sort of corruption, but I'm
not sure. Would you be interested in sending me the database to look
at?

If so, please send me a cut-down copy of your database, containing only
the elements necessary to demonstrate the problem, compacted and then
zipped to less than 1MB in size (preferably much smaller) -- I'll have
a look at it, time permitting. You can send it to the address derived
by removing NO SPAM from the reply address of this message. If that
address isn't visible to you, you can get it from my web site, which is
listed in my sig. Do *not* post my real address in the newsgroup -- I
don't want to be buried in spam and viruses.
 
Cat,
Pretty weird...
Have you tried copying and pasting all the elements to a new "blank"
form? (query, form and module code)

I know that Dirk may be taking a look at this one, but could you get back
to this thread if a solution is found?
Thanks,
Al Camp
Candia Computer Consulting - Candia NH
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions
 
Dirk and Al,

Thanks for the suggestion. I did try this, and it works the same way. When I
deleted the last tab I had added to the form, it will now open correctly.
Perhaps I have just sort of 'overloaded' the form...? It doesn't tell me what
the problem is, but it will work if I don't figure out a real solution.

I will try to get back to the db in the morning (have to leave now) and will
attempt to send a mini version to you, Dirk. Thanks for your time and ideas.

Cat
 
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