different resolutions

[Neil]

Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into an MDB
front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at different
screen resolutions?

 

[Jens Schilling]

Hi,

Does anyone know of an add-on or other that can be implemented into
an MDB front end to allow its forms and reports to look the same at
different screen resolutions?

Take a look at the "Form scaling/resizing Tool" here :

http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm

Regards
Jens

 

[Neil]

Thanks.

Hi,


Take a look at the "Form scaling/resizing Tool" here :

http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm

Regards
Jens

 

[Neil]

I believe the client wants to set it for 1024x768, but still have it run on
800x600 -- so the opposite of that.

 

[DavidB]

SOMETIMES that is the desired effect. Sometimes it is an unfortunate
side effect.

 

[Rick Brandt]

SOMETIMES that is the desired effect. Sometimes it is an unfortunate
side effect.

Exactly what does a higher resolution setting do other than make things smaller
(as a percentage of screen real estate)?

The point of a higher setting is to see MORE. When you make your app larger
based on detected screen resolution then you are ignoring the user's wishes in
favor of your own notion of what they should see.

If people wanted to see the same things only larger they would buy a larger
display and run at the same resolution as they did the smaller display.

 

[Rick Brandt]

I believe the client wants to set it for 1024x768, but still have it
run on 800x600 -- so the opposite of that.

I'm sorry, but I can make no sense of that statement.

 

[Neil]

Not sure what's not clear. You said that if a user uses a form on a higher
resolution, it becomes smaller, but that's usually the desired result. I was
saying that the client wants to do the opposite of that: instead of going
from a low resolution to a high resolution, go from a high resolution to a
low resolution.

 

[Neil]

The point of a higher resolution is usually greater visual clarity, not
seeing more on the screen. Having things at a higher resolution means the
edges of fonts are less jagged, and things are usually clearer. Most of the
users I've come across who go to a higher resolution don't like the fact
that things are smaller, because they're also harder to see, and want it
large again. Programmers, on the other hand, and technophiles in general,
like it smaller so they can get more stuff on the screen.

But again, as per my other post, in my situation, it's not going to a higher
resolution (and things getting smaller) that's the issue, but going to a
lower resolution (and things getting bigger) that's the issue.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Not sure what's not clear. You said that if a user uses a form on a
higher resolution, it becomes smaller, but that's usually the desired
result. I was saying that the client wants to do the opposite of
that: instead of going from a low resolution to a high resolution, go
from a high resolution to a low resolution.

Okay, but as I said, the resizing code utilities often do not work in that
direction nearly as well as the other way.

 

[Neil]

Oh, I didn't catch where you said that. But, OK.

Okay, but as I said, the resizing code utilities often do not work in that
direction nearly as well as the other way.