Designing forms for various monitors when using a widescreen monitor

[Sierras]

Hi

I've been using a standard monitor in designing my forms. Now, I just
upgraded to a widescreen monitor. The problem is, when I design a new
form that looks fine on my screen, it is too wide on users with a
standard monitor. And since the forms don't show where the limits are
for various monitors, there is no way for me to know how big to design
the forms.

How can I design the form to allow them to fit on standard monitors.
I don't want to have to buy 3rd party software to do this.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hi

I've been using a standard monitor in designing my forms. Now, I just
upgraded to a widescreen monitor. The problem is, when I design a new
form that looks fine on my screen, it is too wide on users with a
standard monitor. And since the forms don't show where the limits are
for various monitors, there is no way for me to know how big to design
the forms.

How can I design the form to allow them to fit on standard monitors.
I don't want to have to buy 3rd party software to do this.

Temporarily set your resolution to the smallest resolution you want to support.
Create one form that just barely fits on your screen while in that resolution.
Write down the width and height for that form and then change your resolution
back. Afterwards just make sure that no form you build exceeds either of those
dimensions.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

One low-tech approach is once you know how big you should be making the
forms, put pieces of tape where the limits are.