Creating Forms

[Faisal Youhari]

I am a new Alpha Five Version 4.5 USER and I am finding that creating forms is a snap, BUT, when I save the form and view it, my form is not showing completelly unless I adjust the size of the window. I was under the impression that whatever size I create in the design screen, is the size that I would get if I run it. Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong...?

Thank You kindly

[Tom Cone Jr]

RE: Creating Forms

Faisal,

To a certain extent this is a Windows issue. I believe the default Windows behavior is to open new windows (forms) using the same size frames as their predecessors. If your present screen form is maximized and you open another form I think you will find it maximized, too. The opposite is true. If your present form has been 'shrunk', the next form you open will be, too.

Try this. Load Alpha Five. Open its Control Panel. Maximize the screen display. Then load one of your newly designed forms.

Within Alpha Five there are commands and Xbasic scripting statements which give you better control over this behavior. See the references in the index to the Xbasic Reference Manual for 'Maximize'.

-- tom

[glenschild]

RE: Creating Forms

Faisal:

Also when creating the form whilst in design mode right click and select properties then select the fourth tab called windows. You will then see a button titled "current size & position" By clicking that button you will set the form size to that you are currently showing.

Regards

Glen Schild

[bobsk]

RE: Creating Forms

Here is a reply Tom Lyon wrote about sizing browses. It might give you some ideas.
Subject: RE: Browse popup

Author: Tom Lyon
Date: 10-21-2001 00:44
File:

You can do this, but I always use embedded browses and i recall someone saying you could not manipulate browses in the same manner you can forms. So, you may need to create a form with either an embedded browse or a subform that links to the browse you now have. I would suggest an embedded browse, since it is relatively painless to recreate. Here is some code you can use to position the browse. This could be attached to a button, for example.

dim fp as P
fp = form.load("someformname", "popup")
fp.height = height in pixels
fp.width = width in pixels
fp.left = left postition in pixels
fp.top = top position in pixels
fp.show()
fp.activate()

Hope this gives you some ideas.

Tom Lyon

[whanigsberg]

RE: Creating Forms

Expanding on Glen's approach, in exactly the same place you also have the choice "use form size." That way, if you size the form (not the windown) in design mode, when you open the form from the control panel the window will open up the same size as the form.

This is the method I mostly use.

Bill