Dawn
The color names work and Windows does not change them.
Windows Extra Large fonts cause the enhanced tab to grow and cover the buttons.
Maybe a regular Tab would work better?
I have not tested other forms to see which objects gown or not yet.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: Dawn Hast
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:55 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Windows Large font size and Forms
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]>:
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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]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(203) 643-8022
From: [email protected] [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
