[RBASE-L] - RE: Windows Large font size and Forms

[Dawn Hast]

Marc

As far as the colors are concerned, always choose colors for your objects using color names, or custom colors (red, cyan, maroon, etc.) vs using the 'object' type colors (btnface,window,btnhighlight), etc.  Those are controlled by the users Windows settings.  Whatever their setting is for buttons is how your buttons will display.  If you specify the exact color you want, the windows setting shouldn't affect it any.

 

Also, I'm not sure if you use themes, the windows large font size might be ignored..you'd have to try.

 

Dawn

-------------- Original message from "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --------------

Hi Emmitt

 

This sure makes it hard to developed a vertical app.

 

What if a user needs Large fonts to see the screen?

Or if a user just loves their color settings in Windows?

 

So, it is worth my time trying to make a great looking program

on my computer when their Windows settings can make it

look bad or unusable?

 

Maybe if we had a setting on all form objects "Ignore Windows"

 

The more I work with Windows the less I like it....Long Live DOS <go>

 

Thanks Marc

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Emmitt Dove

To: RBASE-L Mailing List

Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:45 PM

Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Windows Large font size and Forms

Marc,

 

I had similar issues when trying to use a Windows font size setting other than standard.  I don’t know if the issue is with Windows or with R:BASE (DUH!  What WAS I thinking???), but I’d recommend you stay with the standard font size in Windows.

 

Emmitt Dove

Manager, DairyPak Business Systems

Evergreen Packaging, Inc.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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(203) 643-8022

 

From: rbase-l@rbase.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 4:33 PM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Windows Large font size and Forms

 

Hi

 

I have a form with several buttons across the top of the page

and an enhanced tab control below.  Everything works great

then today playing around with Windows settings I changed

to large font size and when you view this form in Design mode

it looks fine but when you do Edit using Form I can't see the

buttons at the top and the form gets wider and I can't see my

Exit button I made.

 

Is there a way to stop Windows from messing up the forms? 

 

Also, different color settings in Windows can make some things in

the forms hard to read.

 

 

Thanks

Marc