Screen Resolutions

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eric

Hello,

I began creating an application in 800X600 resolution.
At some point, the screen resolution went to 1024X768. I
didn't pay attention and completed the project in that
resolution. Now, since older people are using the
application, and their screen resolution is 800X600 - the
forms look really deformed. Is there anything I can do
to fix this problem?

Thanks,

Eric
 
There is code available to scale the form automatically depending on screen
resolution. The problem is, in order to get everything you had on the form
at 1024x768 to fit in 800x600, it has to make everything smaller. Normally,
when you change resolutions an object will occupy the same number of pixels
it did at the other resolution. So, if an object is 100 pixels wide, at
800x600 it will occupy 1/8th of the screen and at 1024x768 it will occupy
just under 1/10th of the screen. For the scaling routines to work, it has to
make the object designed at 1024x768 occupy the same percentage of screen
space at 800x600 as it did at 1024x768. This would mean that the 100 pixel
object at 800x600 will still have to occupy just under 1/10th of the screen
at 800x600 or a little under 80 pixels. By linear inch (instead of by
pixels) on the screen, the object should therefore be about the same size
(inch for inch) at both resolutions.

In the situation you describe, the older folks are usually running the lower
screen resolution to make things bigger and easier to read. Therefore, I
don't believe that the scaling routines will help. That being the case, the
only thing I can think of is to redesign the form at 800x600.

For a scaling routine check:
http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0002.htm
 
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