Problem with Form

hii,
i have a form which is set to be maximized when loaded.
but if i make it normal size or small size, there are no scroll bars to see the whole form .

Secondly , when i have designed in 1152 by 864 pixels ,
so when i load it in other format like 800 by 600 pixels , the form goes out of the screen, how can i resize it according to the pixel settings of different comps

yogi

You can set the scrollbar property of the form to show one or both scrollbars

and in form load, you can set myform.hieght=screen.height and myform.width=screen.width

Well, another more complicated way to determine the screen resolution settings, would be to use the GetDeviceCaps API. Here's a sample:

Code:

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'Declarations
Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib _
"gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long 'to get res settings

Private Const HORZRES = 8 'X axis in pixels
Private Const VERTRES = 10 'Y axis in pixels

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim x, y

x = GetDeviceCaps(Me.hdc, HORZRES) 'x
y = GetDeviceCaps(Me.hdc, VERTRES) 'y

MsgBox "Current Resolution is " & x & " X " & y & " Pixels"

If x > 800 And y > 600 Or x < 800 And y < 600 Then
    MsgBox "This Program Is Designed In 600 By 800 Mode, " _
    & "Please Reset Your Resolution Settings To Get The Best Effect"
    End
 'you can do something else in here, instead of exiting the app
End If

End Sub

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Originally Posted by dglienna

... you can set myform.height=screen.height and myform.width=screen.width

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Yes, but IMHO this will shrink your form in the right and bottom normally. So better compare the size with the size of your form and then find out how much % the sizes of each control needs to be reduced. ( If possible) The better way of construction is normally to design it in the smallest size you want to have it fully working and then expanding all positions of your control and sometimes the width
and height, of your controls to the size which you need for higher resolutions. Then your form seems that it doesn't change even if resolution changes. Its some work but this is one of the points which makes a good program

Or, if the app is done, or you don't want to redesign all of your forms, you can download Active Resizer from www.vbgold.com
They have a trial version available, but the retail version is less than $30.

It allows you to drop a control onto each form, and then auto resizes it to match any screen resolution. It works well.

I bought it because my forms didn't look quite right at 800x600, because I designed them at 1024x768. I have about 55 forms to fix.

Then I used it for another app that I finished. It has paid for itself twice!