Anchors are fine but they don't resize fonts. You need a proper resizer class or build it into your own base classes.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Cazabon Sent: 22 February 2013 16:27 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DELL Tablet, VFP & Gotchas... Kurt, you could look at the various resizer classes available to automatically resize your forms, or try using anchors to resize things. Frank. Frank Cazabon On 22/02/2013 11:24 AM, Kurt wrote: > Yes - it does Rotate when Tablet is rotated! > > And - now my Boss is complaining that our App running on the Tablet is > WAY Too Small. > > I asked my Tech support buddy (who - is actually the Brother of my > Boss - where My Buddy is Cool - my Boss is most definitely NOT!) - if > he could simply change the Win8 Resolution - just like we normally do > on a Desktop PC (well - at least you COULD do that in prior Win > versions - I don't know enough about Win8) - and he claims it only > allows you to change it between 2 resolutions - and the Smaller one - > it actually does something like Chopping off on the Sides - and making > Unusable Screen Real estate! Hope this makes sense what I wrote - > since it does NOT make sense that the OS is running this way! > > Maybe it's a problem w/Dell & its Tablet version - and its Drivers! I > was hoping we could simply lower the overall resolution of the Tablet > - and that would make our App look Normal - and decent font sizes. > But, so far - it seems that this can NOT be done! > > At this point - any input would be helpful. Since I am WAY Too busy on > this main system conversion (and, of course, the pressure is on ME to > Save my Boss and his Co. by converting the old System) - as such, the > Bozo Programmer next to me has to work on this App for the Tablet. So, > he needs simple solutions - since, anything too complicated - he will > just start arguing Out Loud with my Boss that its TOO COMPLICATED!!! > And - he gives me a Bloody Headache when he does this! > > :-( > -K- > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alan Bourke > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DELL Tablet, VFP & Gotchas... > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Kurt wrote: >> We actually tested running it - and the Bozo I work with - the only >> other programmer here - just complains our App running on there - >> everything looks TOO Small. > This is why most IDE design nowadays is based around anchors and > relative sizes etc. You'll have to implement some sort of automatic > resizing in your VFP app. Does this tab rotate the screen based on > orientation or anything ? > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
