Extending the width of a form beyond 22"

M

Matt R

Hi

I was wondering if anyone knew how to increase the width of a form beyond
22"? I have a whole bunch of txt boxes i'd like to see but cannot scroll
beyond the 22th inch, any idea how to make it like Excel where one can scroll
horizontally for a lot of columns (fields)?

Thanks

Matt
 
R

Rick B

You can't. Do you actually have a table with more fields than will fit in
22"? What type of data is this and how is it layed out? Can't you make it
into "chunks"?
 
R

Rick Brandt

Matt said:
Hi

I was wondering if anyone knew how to increase the width of a form
beyond 22"? I have a whole bunch of txt boxes i'd like to see but
cannot scroll beyond the 22th inch, any idea how to make it like
Excel where one can scroll horizontally for a lot of columns (fields)?

Thanks

Matt
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Nope. Use a TabControl.

(that many control "usually" suggests a table design problem)
 
V

Van T. Dinh

Nope. That's about the max width of the Form.

OTOH, most users hate scrolling screen, especially horizontal scrolling so
in my database applications, I always design Forms so that the Form width
will fit the screen if Access application screen is maximised (and I have
code to do this automatically). Hence, IMHO, 22'' is much wider than
necessary.

Perhaps, you should consider using Controls, e.g. TabControl that allows
re-use of screen space without scrolling.
 
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