I'm sure that must be the process my Tech Support went thru to change the resolution - and that only 2 options were there. But, I will view this webpage with him to get his response(although he's out at a client right now)...
-K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Copeland Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DELL Tablet, VFP & Gotchas... Dunno if this is the same Windows 8 as what your tablet has, but it's a start. http://www.groovypost.com/howto/windows-8-change-screen-resolution/ Mike -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: DELL Tablet, VFP & Gotchas... From: Kurt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 2/22/2013 11:21 AM > And - what about the Menus? They ALSO have small fonts! > > There must be some simple way around the problem. I figured that I should > simply be able to change the screen resolution - and that would resolve the > problem. But, it seems that Win8 doesn't even make THAT an EASY thing to do! > Or am I wrong??? > > -K- > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank > Cazabon > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 11:27 AM > 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/E8C07D0A923245BEB9CFD4E23EEE9A58@Programming2 ** 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.
