In 7.1 you need to create a big form and a small form. However, instead of
determining the form's target resolution by determining who the user is, you
can use the CVAL('SCREENSIZE') as follows:
SET V vForm=
(IFGT(INT(SSUB(CVAL('SCREENSIZE'),1)),1024,'BigForm','SmallForm'))
EDIT USING &vForm WHERE
Regards,
Stephen Markson
ForenSys The Forensic Systems Group
www.ForenSys.ca
416 512 6950
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A. Razzak
> Memon
> Sent: September 7, 2005 3:09 AM
> To: RBG7-L Mailing List
> Subject: [RBG7-L] - Tip of the Day: Using SCALEBY Property in Forms
>
>
> Wednesday, September 7, 2005
>
> Tip of the Day: Using SCALEBY Property in Forms
> Section: Forms
> Supported Versions:
> . R:BASE 7.5 (Build: 7.5.16.30907 or higher)
> . R:BASE V-8 Turbo (Build: 8.0.12.0907 or higher)
>
> Did you know that you can scale the form and all placed control
> dynamically to fit the screens with higher resolution?
>
> You may use the PROPERTY RBASE_FORM SCALEBY 'nnnn' command to
> automatically scale form and all related controls to specified
> screen pixel width.
>
> SCALEBY property modifies the Height and Width properties of the
> form and all controls placed on it, but it does not change the
> Top and Left properties; therefore, the size of the controls
> changes, but not the coordinates of the top-left corners of the
> controls. Thus, it preserves the position of all controls on the
> form.
>
> If you have developed a form that is 800x600 for the majority
> of users having a monitor with 800x600 screen resolution to fit
> the form on the entire available screen, but a few users of your
> application have a higher resolution (1024x768) and if you wish
> your 800x600 form to fill the entire screen of a monitor with a
> resolution of 1024x768, you'll need to use the RBASE_FORM SCALEBY
> property as follows:
>
> PROPERTY RBASE_FORM SCALEBY '800'
> RETURN
>
> This will scale the original form designed as 800x600 to fill
> the entire screen even if the screen resolution is higher than
> 800x600, such as, 1400×1050, 1280x800 or 1024x768.
>
> Notes:
>
> . Use the SCALEBY property as embedded custom EEP in
> "On After Start EEP" in form
>
> . To take advantage of this feature, make sure that you use the
> scaled true type fonts for all controls on that form
>
> A sample form to demonstrate the use of SCALEBY property in forms
> (R:BASE 7.5 and V-8 Turbo) is also available at:
>
> http://www.razzak.com/sampleapplications (#034)
>
> Enjoy and make sure to have fun!
>
> Very Best R:egards,
>
> Razzak.
