My Orders form has decided to only half repaint

[Qubit]

I have an orders form from which you can open another form. When the second form closes and the Orders form regains focus, it is only half there...

Before

usually... Half missing

I've told the user to issue the Ctrl+M autokey macro (->Maximize), which does the trick, but any ideas why it's only half there????
It's only this one form that does that - the Orders form is maximized, and the opened form is sizable, not modal.

Cheers,
Q.

[Missinglinq]

As subsequent Forms are opened, in Access, previously opened Forms take on the size attribute of the last Form that is opened...so if Form1 opens Maximized, but Form2 doesn't, returning to Form1 will find it not Maximized.

In the original Form, try this:

Private Sub Form_Activate()
  DoCmd.Maximize
End Sub

Linq ;0)>

[Qubit]

Thanks MissingLinq - I realized that about 10pm last night. What appears (not missing) is that portion of the form visible with the last sizing in place from design mode (when not maximized), coupled with the fact that the form has no border - sort of threw me.
I'll drop that Maximize thingy in place and relieve the user from the ^M macro.

Been doing this for a few years now...you'd think I'd learn something along the way!

Cheers,
Q.

p.s. It has always annoyed me a little that unless the new form is modal (I think?) then either all open forms are maximized, or all are sizable. Seems to me that having the option of deciding the sizing for a given form should not be dependent on any other form...

As subsequent Forms are opened, in Access, previously opened Forms take on the size attribute of the last Form that is opened...so if Form1 opens Maximized, but Form2 doesn't, returning to Form1 will find it not Maximized.

In the original Form, try this:

Private Sub Form_Activate()
  DoCmd.Maximize
End Sub

Linq ;0)>