Auto Form Proportionalization

[Carmine]

I’m sure my situation has been addressed a few thousand times. The problem is that when one loads an Access DB developed on a desk top on to a laptop everything appears out of proportion. In fact some of the forms are just too large for the lap top screen. Sadly, unlike Word, Excel, and Power Point, MS has not provided some sort of automatic proportional sizing mechanism. What is the solution to this problem?


Take Care, and thanks in advance,
Carmine

[moke123]

check out colin's site https://isladogs.co.uk/automatic-form-resizing-1/index.html

[jojowhite]

ask the developer to develop another version for the laptop.

[Welshgasman]

I’m sure my situation has been addressed a few thousand times. The problem is that when one loads an Access DB developed on a desk top on to a laptop everything appears out of proportion. In fact some of the forms are just too large for the lap top screen. Sadly, unlike Word, Excel, and Power Point, MS has not provided some sort of automatic proportional sizing mechanism. What is the solution to this problem?


Take Care, and thanks in advance,
Carmine

Generally develop on the lowest specification the app is going to run on.

[CJ_London]

When developing a form I temporarily change the monitor resolution to the expected size - typically 1920x1080 but there are laptops out there with smaller resolutions.

[isladogs]

This feature has been requested for over 25 years!
Within a few months, Access will finally have the ability for users to zoom forms in / out to handle different monitor sizes / resolutions.

In the meantime. do look into my automatic form resizing code as already mentioned in post #2
This will automatically adjust the size and position of forms, form controls and their contents to match individual user screens - scaling down or up as necessary.

There is absolutely no reason for the developer to spend / waste time creating multiple versions for different users.

[jojowhite]

you already wasted your time creating a form-resizer which is already available on
the net (VBA). - 1952