Screen resolution, twips, X & Y co-ordinates

#1

I have a form with a background image and a number of image controls
superimposed over the background. The position of these images are defined by
X,Y co-ordinates held in a table, so I presume they are regarded as twips.
All works perfectly on a computer with a screen resolution of 1600 * 900,
though the effective size is 1600 * 860 allowing for the taskbar. If I view
the form on another screen say resolution 1920 * 1032 or 1280 *1024, the
images no longer overlay the background image in the correct relative
position. Using VBA, I can read the screen resolution.
How do I go about ensuring the form looks correct regardless of what monitor
it is being vir=ewed on Thanks
Phil

#2

On Aug 29, 4:05*pm, "Phil" <p... (AT) stantonfamily (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

I have a form with a background image and a number of image controls
superimposed over the background. The position of these images are defined by
X,Y co-ordinates held in a table, so I presume they are regarded as twips..
All works perfectly on a computer with a screen resolution of 1600 * 900,
though the effective size is 1600 * 860 allowing for the taskbar. If I view
the form on another screen say resolution 1920 * 1032 or 1280 *1024, the
images no longer overlay the background image in the correct relative
position. Using VBA, I can read the screen resolution.
How do I go about ensuring the form looks correct regardless of what monitor
it is being vir=ewed on Thanks
Phil

Hi Phil,

Just a guess.
Calculate new X,Y coordinates in relation to the number of pixels
horizontally and vertically.

Imb.

#3

On Aug 29, 10:05*am, "Phil" <p... (AT) stantonfamily (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

I have a form with a background image and a number of image controls
superimposed over the background. The position of these images are defined by
X,Y co-ordinates held in a table, so I presume they are regarded as twips..
All works perfectly on a computer with a screen resolution of 1600 * 900,
though the effective size is 1600 * 860 allowing for the taskbar. If I view
the form on another screen say resolution 1920 * 1032 or 1280 *1024, the
images no longer overlay the background image in the correct relative
position. Using VBA, I can read the screen resolution.
How do I go about ensuring the form looks correct regardless of what monitor
it is being vir=ewed on Thanks
Phil

If the users have Windows 7, try the suggestions at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...71(VS.85).aspx

James A. Fortune
CDMAPoster (AT) FortuneJames (DOT) com

#4

On 30/08/2011 20:53:48, imb wrote:

Quote:

On Aug 29, 4:05*pm, "Phil" <p... (AT) stantonfamily (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
I have a form with a background image and a number of image controls
superimposed over the background. The position of these images are define
d by
X,Y co-ordinates held in a table, so I presume they are regarded as twips
.
All works perfectly on a computer with a screen resolution of 1600 * 900,
though the effective size is 1600 * 860 allowing for the taskbar. If I vi
ew
the form on another screen say resolution 1920 * 1032 or 1280 *1024, the
images no longer overlay the background image in the correct relative
position. Using VBA, I can read the screen resolution.
How do I go about ensuring the form looks correct regardless of what moni
tor
it is being vir=ewed on Thanks
Phil

Hi Phil,

Just a guess.
Calculate new X,Y coordinates in relation to the number of pixels
horizontally and vertically.

Imb.

Hi Imb

Sounds sensible, but I think there is more to it than that.
Form keeps its proportion, but shrinks or expands to fill which ever is less
of height or width Will have a look at James Fortune's reply, thogh that
looks kile hravy going.

Thanks

Phil

#5

On 30/08/2011 20:57:33, "James A. Fortune" wrote:

Quote:

On Aug 29, 10:05*am, "Phil" <p... (AT) stantonfamily (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
I have a form with a background image and a number of image controls
superimposed over the background. The position of these images are define
d by
X,Y co-ordinates held in a table, so I presume they are regarded as twips
.
All works perfectly on a computer with a screen resolution of 1600 * 900,
though the effective size is 1600 * 860 allowing for the taskbar. If I vi
ew
the form on another screen say resolution 1920 * 1032 or 1280 *1024, the
images no longer overlay the background image in the correct relative
position. Using VBA, I can read the screen resolution.
How do I go about ensuring the form looks correct regardless of what moni
tor
it is being vir=ewed on Thanks
Phil

If the users have Windows 7, try the suggestions at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...71(VS.85).aspx
James A. Fortune
CDMAPoster (AT) FortuneJames (DOT) com

Thanks James.

looks like hravy going, but I will study it.

Phil

#6

There are third-party form scaling solutions available that might
help:

A trial version of a form rescaling module I wrote called
ShrinkerStretcher is available at this web site: http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm

There's a form resizer at http://www.jamiessoftware.tk/resizeform/rf_jump.html
..

Another one: http://sourceforge.net/projects/modscaleform

The Access Developer's Handbook has form resizing code included:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...064361-7403703

Hope this helps,

Peter De Baets
Peter's Software - Microsoft Access Tools for Developers
http://www.peterssoftware.com

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How do I go about ensuring the form looks correct regardless of what monitor
it is being vir=ewed on Thanks
Phil

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