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[Keith Hubert]

How can you start a form so that it is Maximised even after setting it as maximised in form properties?

Keith

[Tom Cone Jr]

RE: Full Page

Try searching the message board for 'maximize forms'. You'll see that this issue comes up occasionally.

The layout editor of your form has properties which need to be set. Also, Windows opens forms using the same characteristics of the last form opened, so many of us put a controlpanel.maximize() statement in our autoexec script which runs when the database is opened.

[whanigsberg]

RE: Full Page

To add to Tom's good advice:
I want some screens to display maximized and some to display restored. This can be managed with code attached to the form's on_activate event.
To maximize:
this.maximize()

To restore:
This.restore()

In this way, you force each layout to display as you wish when it activates. Notwithstanding this, most like it Tom's way: all forms maximized.

The beauty of A5 is you can get whatever you wish. So your only problem is figuring out what to wish for. It's a nice problem!

Bill

[JerryBrightbill]

RE: Full Page

Another way to achieve the appearance of running maximized is to use ui_info() to make the restore() size of A5 equal to the maximized size. I have the following run in an autoexec script:

screen_width = ui_info(0)
screen_height = ui_info(1)
select
case screen_width = 800
:A5.width = 800
:A5.height = 600
:A5.top = 0
:A5.left = 0
case screen_width = 1024
:A5.width = 1024
:A5.height = 768
:A5.top = 0
:A5.left = 0
case screen_width > 1024
:A5.width = 1024
:A5.height = 768
:A5.top = (screen_height - :a5.height)/2
:A5.left = (screen_width - :a5.width)/2
end select
:A5.restore()

I don't have any users running more that 1024 resolution, but I needed some way to accomodate the possibility. I also created a function to modify a forms size dynamically to fill the resultant window. Now I run all forms in restore() mode and use the function to fill the window when needed or leave the window its normal size. Otherwise when you need a small window and everything is maximized, you may be forced to open the small form as a dialog which brings it's own problems.

Jerry

[csda1]

RE: Full Page

Hi Jerry,

I have a Windows Size set routine that set's a window to minimized, windowed (restored) or maximized modes, but I like your concept of a maximized windowed screen (although you often have scroll bars).

I also have a test routine to tell me the current mode of the screen (min, max or windowed

Most of my forms just do whatever I desire them to do with these two routines, but I guess I'll be adding another mode that may prove useful at times.

Thanks for the concept!

Regards,

Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]

[JerryBrightbill]

RE: Full Page

Actually, I create two different versions of each form I want to show full screen. One is for 800 x 600 and the other is for 1024 x 768. The actual form is slightly smaller than the respective A5 window and then I use the function below to fill the window. In this way, there are normally no scroll bars and no unused area around the form window.

function FillWindow as N(Window_Name as C)

'/// Restore window before function runs
'/// Value of 0 if window found
'/// Value of 1 if window not found
fillwindow = 0

p = obj(window_name)
if is_object(p)
else
Fillwindow = 1
exit function
end if

p.width = :a5.width-12
p.height = :a5.height-98

end function

When I want to open a form, I use the following to determine which size form to open

if :A5.width >= 1024
goto lg_screen
end if

lg_screen is the script segment that opens the larger form version. So far this has worked very well. It even works if the user switches screen resolution with A5 running. The next time a form is selected from a menu button, the incorrect size is closed and the correct size opened.

Jerry