Variable size form for changes between laptop screens

[Beth]

Hi,
I have developed alot of forms in my databse to perfectly fit the screen
when I open them as maximized. Now I have 2 users that are going to move to
widescreen laptops. That pushes the form to the left and it leaves the
screen looking really funny.
Is there a way to detect the width of the users screen and then use code to
resize the form to fill the screen appropriately?
I can see that once I detect the width, I would have to use a move command
on every field on the screen. Is there a quick way to do that instead of
having to specify every field individually?
Thanks,
Beth

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

You can put in code to detect the user's resolution and resize your form
accordingly, but it's not trivial code. They show you how to do this in the
Developer's Handbook (from Sybex: see http://www.developershandbook.com/ for
details). You can download an MDE veresion of the code from
http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm and use it in your
application.

Another option is to purchase ShrinkerStretcher from Peter's Software
http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm