> > My applications are currently developed on W98. Screens are 800x600.
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> > Happy days are now gone. The application has to work on any resolution setting.
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> > I'd like to code my application to detect the user resolution setting and adjust each form to fill the screen e.g. to 1024x768.
> > However, in doing so, I'd ideally like the controls to proportionally reposition.
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> > I've been scouring the archives on this forum and have tried a number of the suggestions.
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> > I've tried Sizer2. Its great for 95% of my work, but in some screens with a large number of objects, some lose their relative alignment and in some cases can overlap.
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> > I've tested the reschange.scx from the STRUCT download. However, I don’t want to change the user resolution setting.
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> > If there's a solution for doing so, I'd settle for proportional repositioning, so the screen is always filled.
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> > However, I'd like to take advantage of longer and wider list controls as would be possible with the higher resolution.
> > This would mean a) repositioning but NOT resizing controls (e.g. command buttons)
> > b) repositioning AND resizing list controls and image controls.
> >
> > Ive been playing with sysmetric(1) and sysmetric(2) to detect the user screen resolution, then repositioning and resizing EACH control accordingly, by hard coding the top, left, width and height properties.
> > It works perfectly on my W2000 computer and on XP.
> > But… it’s a massive undertaking to hard code every screen in my application, for every possible screen resolution.
> >
> > Is there an easier way?
> >
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> I'm being totally facetious, but why bother? Just do what so many websites do.
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> The big box is my laptop at 1400 x 1050. The little box "[ ]" is a supposedly gorgeous website at 800x600. :)
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> Mike Yearwood
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www.foxridgesoftware.com> President: Toronto Ontario FoxPro User's Group
Hi Mike
Actually, it was those High Res screens which stung me into action. My app didnt look TOO bad in a 1020 x 768. It looked like a thumbnail in 1400x1050.
My apps deal extensively with photos of flowers - thumbnail sized pics were an embarassment!
My colleagues were developing ASP web apps to get at a SQL database, and they stung me even more. They didnt seem to have any trouble!
Fortunately, I found 2 solutions. I updated one Product entirely using Dales Sizer2 (as discussed in this thread), and very recently, 2 Products using Marcia Akins code.
(See Thread ID: 110937 Message ID: 110955)
Both excellent developments.
George