How to Make Dialogue Boxes for Forms/Reports a Particular Size

[c.d.power]

Good evening,

The data entry forms in my DB are currently set to open as dialogue boxes. I am having trouble getting them to all be the same size, though. Some of them generate so big that they extend beyond the desktop area and others are too small. In a perfect world, I would like them to be cascade so that users could easily navigate between them if need be. If that's not possible, having them all the same size and simply overlapping each other when a new form/report is opened will suffice.

Thank you in advance.

[John_G]

For the width, set the Width property of the whole form (all sections are the same width, and the height must be sufficient to display all the controls in all sections). For height, you set the Height property of each individual section (but the height must be sufficient to display all the controls in the section).

[Micron]

If "set" means in design view, that may not be good enough as an opening form window can inherit certain attributes from other open forms, such as restored size that occurs after a minimize or maximize. Or if there is an open form that was maximized, a form opening afterwards can become maximized. You didn't say if the dialog forms were popups or not. Popups aren't usually affected by a previously maximized form.

[June7]

What do you mean by 'dialog' boxes. Forms opened with acDialog parameter or with Popup and/or Modal properties set to Yes won't allow navigation between forms.

[c.d.power]

Thanks for the replies.

For more context, I have a "Home Page" form where users can navigate to various data entry forms. The command buttons are using OpenForm Macros with the Window Mode set to "Dialog". These forms are not Pop Ups.

Hope this helps.

[Micron]

the dialog option is a window parameter as you've noted, and does not apply to the form. Thus the form opens modal AND popup because the window mode overrides the form settings. You will not be able to access other forms until you dismiss such a form as a result.