Rafael Copquin wrote on 2012-12-11: > I have an app that is used by users with different monitor sizes. > > Some of my forms are wide and fit perfectly in monitors with a screen > resolution of 1280 x 1024, but some users have older monitors with > smaller screen sizes. > > Some are square monitors, others are rectangular and some are older than > me :-) > > I have incorporated the sizer class that _occurs when the user double > clicks on the caption band of the form_. > > However, in some monitors the caption band does not display. It just > disappears under the app menu and all they see is a big screen, where > the top band is invisible and even the bottom part disapears. > > I was trying to use the sysmetric functions, namely sysmetric(1) and > sysmetric(2), to automatically refit the form to a proper size, in the > init and even in the activate event. > > It works, sort of, in some instances, but in some of them it does not. > Especially after I call a secondary form, to make a special calculation. > When focus returns to the main form, the size is all screwed up. > > I need to know how to automatically doubleclick the top band, so even if > it does not show, the resizing class operates and shows the whole form > properly. > > Is there any method/property that I can use? Or any special trick that > escapes me? > > Rafael Copquin >
Rafael, When a user Dbl-Clicks on the Caption band.. I believe this is the TitleBar that also has the Min/Max buttons? If that is the case, then why not just have the form.WindowState = 2 Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
