Yeah, I didn't ask them about the pixels. What they did was send me a print-screen and by measuring the inches available on each side and comparing to the "inch size" of the form itself, I was able to determine the percentage that I could increase it by. Yes, normally I would ask for the resolution of the lowest monitor but knowing this particular client, that would have been like pulling teeth (surprised they knew how to do a print-screen if you know what I mean!)
Karen -----Original Message----- From: Javier Valencia <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 11:37 am Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form ruler Karen, The inches will not help you at all because monitor will display based of the size in pixels not inches. You can have 15” monitor with a resolution of 1920x1080 and a 25” monitor with the same resolution and both will display the form exactly the same way on the screen; obviously one will be bigger than the other. You need to find out the monitor with the smallest resolution and design for it, I still use 1024x768 since this was the standard resolution for a long time and some of the older monitors still have this resolution. Most of the newer, wide-aspect monitors will have the 1920x1080 resolution of what is commonly referred to as 1080p in TVs. Laptops will have smaller/in-between resolutions with only the higher end having the 1920x1080 (or in some cases better) resolution. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE O: 913-829-0888 H: 913-397-9605 C: 913-915-3137 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Tellef Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:25 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form ruler Oh maybe that's what I was thinking of... reports!! Here's why I wanted inches in forms. A client told me that I could make a form 3" wider to fit their smallest monitor and I thought I could put an inch ruler at the top to make it easier. No biggy, I think I figured it out anyway by estimating pixels. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Dan Goldberg <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 10:20 am Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Form ruler I do think you can change forms. Not sure why you would want it in inches since the form does not print. Dan Goldberg On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:29 AM -0700, "Karen Tellef" <[email protected]> wrote: Driving me crazy, must be going blind... My form ruler has changed to pixels and I can't find how to get it back to inches... Using 9.5 32bit Thanks! Karen
