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Subject:Re: Automatically resize forms and all their controls based on display resolution
Date:Tue, 26 May 2020 09:05:35 -0500
From:Mark Bannister <markRemove@THISinjection-moldings.com>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-development
Valdimir did it with Proview and Jan's web browser form does it.  I may
have some of Jan's code somewhere on a form.

On 5/26/2020 3:36 AM, Tom Krieg wrote:
> Has anyone ever attempted to write a procedure that automatically checks
> screen resolution and then resizes a form and all it's components and
> tableframes and fields based on the resolution?
> 
> The customer had all 1280x720 monitors and has now thrown a few1920 x
> 1080 into the mix and has asked if the "system" could automatically
> adjust the size of the forms to suit.
> 
> I've started on this attached form (as you can see, quite complex, the
> top buttons are graphics within boxes within boxes with a label). I'm
> completely lost. As a lot of my forms are "multi functional" like this,
> where a lot can happen from one place. should I just tell the customer
> it can't be done and to wait for my C# rewrite? Or is there someone out
> there that's done this before?


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