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Stan Stines wrote:
>
> What is the best way to develop forms that are to be viewed by clients that
> have a hodge-podge of terminal setups. What I mean is that some of my users
> have 14 inch monitors with a particular device driver while another user may
> have a 15" and the next a 17" and another a 19" with all different
> resolutions, small fonts vs. large fonts...etc.
>
> I know I should develop with a coordinate system of REAL but I have exiting
> forms that were developed in Character which are called by all applications.
> The character forms blow off the screen as well as some of the REAL forms
> on some terminals. Some forms are small (developed on the lowest possible
> client terminal resolution) while others fit half the screen. Basically we
> developed for 800x600 resolution.
>
> Is there any special thing I should do when calling a form that was generated
> with a coordinate system of Character from a form that was developed with a
> Real coordinate system? Oh yes, the forms all were generated from a template
> developed inhouse.
I suggest using a real coordinate system on everything. That way the locations are absolute. I also suggest using a "universal" true type font for all labels and controls, Arial works well. Unfortunately, you have to design your forms for the smallest possible resolution or design a few different versions for different resolutions. There is no way to have the form isometrically stretch according to the screen it is being displayed on - at least I've found nothing that does that. Would be handy if there were such an option when envoking a form.