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    #1

    Screen Resolution

    is there a way in alpha five wherein a developer designed/made the app in a resolution of 1024 x 768 and deployed it to an end user with a higher resolution so that the screens will fill the entire screen? or vice versa- higher resolution to a lower resolution.
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    #2
    Re: Screen Resolution

    In the database properties menu choice select Maximize when opened. (Not the exact wording but you'll recognize the option.)
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Screen Resolution

      Jetson,
      What you are asking has been addressed several times on this board and the answer is no. What Stan wrote will have alpha fill the screen but the footprint of the form objects will all still be the same size. The worse problem is developing an app where the forms have been designed in a higher resolution and having the resolution of the end user be a lower resolution. In that circumstance parts of the forms are all blown off the page and the user can't see the entire form. So the only way to have this truly work is for the forms to be designed at the resolution of the end user's resolution.
      Mike W
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      "I rebel in at least small things to express to the world that I have not completely surrendered"

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        #4
        Re: Screen Resolution

        Check out the dimensions tab in the properties to controls. Putting Stan's solution together with setting the dimension properties to stretch the controls on the form at the same time can assist to achieve what you need to do. In saying that this is sometimes not always ideal as it sometimes leads to awkward looking screens and Mike's solution will win the day.

        I once used a solution that reset the column widths of a browse to suit the a change in browse size to fit the screen, so I would say this could do your job as well. It simply involved getting screen width and height on startup in the autoexec of the db and filling two numeric variables with the result. Then when I opened a form, controls were re sized to suit a change based on these dimensions. This was all don on the forms init event.

        I also think your issue is not resolution as much as it is screen size
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          #5
          Re: Screen Resolution

          Jet, it's back to a specification from the end user.
          If you create a resolution/size which accommodates the worse PC Screen in the building, it will probably work on all the others.
          If you do it for the most popular, some may miss out.
          If you look at the Alpha Sports, you will notice how small overall it is on screen, so it's designed as a "one size fits all" I suspect.
          See our Hybrid Option here;
          https://hybridapps.example-software.com/

          Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
          You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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            #6
            Re: Screen Resolution

            Probably a 1024 x 768 resolution as the minimum as most monitors today starts with it, 640 x 480 is rare.

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              #7
              Re: Screen Resolution

              A good place to start:

              http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp
              Glen Schild



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                #8
                Re: Screen Resolution

                If you look at the bottom of this thread you will see a bunch of links. This question has been discussed dozens of times and there is no satisfactory answer other than some of the suggestions you read here. Someone once said on this board that products like Quicken or Quick Books actually have several different form sizes that auto-select based upon the users screen resolution or size. Most developers wouldn't do that of course.
                Peter
                AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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                  #9
                  Re: Screen Resolution

                  It makes one wonder if there is the full capabilities with xbasic to re-dimension automatically the forms and form objects based upon the screen resolution. Hum?
                  Mike W
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                    #10
                    Re: Screen Resolution

                    Originally posted by Mike Wilson View Post
                    It makes one wonder if there is the full capabilities with xbasic to re-dimension automatically the forms and form objects based upon the screen resolution. Hum?
                    Mike,

                    Right on. I swear I saw such a script on this board sometime this year. It may not have been to resize but it did automatically iterate through all a form's objects.
                    Peter
                    AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                     [email protected]
                    https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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                      #11
                      Re: Screen Resolution

                      Hi Clunes,
                      I am new to AlphaFive V11, I have one doubt regardsing Screen resolution i.e., As it was said that once we develop an application in Alpha Five, we can use it in either on Mobiles, Smartphones, Tablets, Desktop and Web... If so, the screen resolution differs from mobiles, tablets and Desktop. So, How can we adjust the screen resolution for mobiles, tablet and desktop for same application? So, If you have understood the question. Please do reply.

                      Thanks & Regards,
                      Suvarchala.

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                        #12
                        Re: Screen Resolution

                        I think you will find that the sizing in the advertising relates to a WAS application, not D/top.
                        See our Hybrid Option here;
                        https://hybridapps.example-software.com/

                        Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
                        You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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