Windows screen resolution switching

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Is it possible to change the screen resolution of my PC
display to a higher one from inside Access, then change
it back later?

Thanks.
 
pvp said:
Is it possible to change the screen resolution of my PC
display to a higher one from inside Access, then change
it back later?
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It is probaly possible, but that's such a bad idea that I
don't know of anyone who has actually done it.

The right thing to do is to (re)design your forms so they
fit on your target audience's minimal screen resolution.
 
Marshall Barton said:
It is probaly possible, but that's such a bad idea that I
don't know of anyone who has actually done it.

The right thing to do is to (re)design your forms so they
fit on your target audience's minimal screen resolution.
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Or just get tough & say, "This database only works correctly on PCs with a
screen resolution of at least (whatever)".

TC
 
Excuse my ignorance but *why* is it such a bad idea? My
forms need a minimum amount of information and low
resolution does not cut it... And some of my customers
normally want a lower resolution, apart from my app.

Thanks.
 
Have you ever changed your resolution on your pc?

Especially if you move to a smaller resolution, then ALL of the icons on the
desktop are re-arranged. I have lot of icons an stuff on my desktop, and
switching the resolution will mess them arrangement up.

If some piece of software changed my screen resolution without asking me, I
would never run that software again. And, if could, leaky try and break the
legs of the developer who did such a thing to my computer. How dare you
suggest software to change the resolution that I like on my pc? Who the heck
are you?

I don't want to sound harsh here, buy I truly find it amazing that any self
respecting developer would suggest changing the screen resolution of a users
computer!

So, I am running word, Excel, and then launch your application, and the
whole screen resolution changes on me? My whole desktop layout gets changed?
Are you nuts? Now, I re-size, and re-arrange everything, and then quit
ms-access, and then things get re-sized again?

Tell me, have your ever run any software that has EVER done such a thing to
your computer? The only exception I know to this rule is running game
software.

The fact that you have never seen any other software do this should be a
hint to you?
 
How about checking the current resolution (through code), then giving the
user a message suggesting why he should change it himself? Or - if you are
absolutely set on changing it yourself through code - at least give the user
an option to cancel that action!

TC
 
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