On form design environment, set Auto Center to No. Then do the Cntrl Save during run time. It does the trick. I tried. It's working so far. Form is consistently loading on the position I wanted it to, I might be wrong. I am just subscriber, and I must say, this is the best channel for acess database programming so far. Thank you.
Richard, thanks for the great video! I was hoping you would do a video on just this topic. I'll definitely add it to my global module (after generalizing it). FYI, just noticed that your thumbnail shows "Me.WindowLeft" for the "Top" Status code.
This week I came across we also can move the current form with the method "Me.move" and we also can test if it moveable with the property "me.moveable".
Yep I'm actually got a video coming out about this soon you can make little buttons to move the current form around on the screen something like this: Me.Move Me.WindowLeft + 100. Each time you click that button and nudge the form just a little bit to the right.
One more question: My database is on a tablet. When I touch a field and it opens up the on screen keyboard, the lower fields get covered up by the OSK. Is there a way to get the field to move to the top of the screen so that you can see what you are typing? And when you close the keyboard, it moves back? Or...maybe an unbound text box pops up to show what is being typed but then it goes away when the keyboard is closed down?
No, that's not something you can really do with Access. The only thing you can really do is to design a form that fits on your tablet screen or your phone screen if you're using a phone that takes the space of the on-screen keyboard into account you're not going to be able to easily move it that's more of a feature of the tablet or the phone than of Access itself Access isn't really aware of an on-screen keyboard that's not something that they built into it yet and I honestly don't see it coming
The bigger issue is with popup forms and one person has a single monitor setup, another has a two monitor setup, and some other user has three or four monitors. Suddenly, you have to create a bunch of different possible opening settings for every possible setup the users are using. PITA What I would like is to determine the current screen resolution and current monitor the main application is on and eliminate all of the coordinates from the monitors that do not have the main application. I kind of know how to do it, but it is a lot of work getting it to work correctly in all scenario's.
On form design environment, set Auto Center to No. Then do the Cntrl Save during run time. It does the trick. I tried. It's working so far. Form is consistently loading on the position I wanted it to, I might be wrong. I am just subscriber, and I must say, this is the best channel for acess database programming so far. Thank you.
Thank you Richard have been looking for that thanks once again!
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Richard, thanks for the great video! I was hoping you would do a video on just this topic. I'll definitely add it to my global module (after generalizing it). FYI, just noticed that your thumbnail shows "Me.WindowLeft" for the "Top" Status code.
Good eye yeah I noticed that after I posted it LOL
This week I came across we also can move the current form with the method "Me.move" and we also can test if it moveable with the property "me.moveable".
Yep I'm actually got a video coming out about this soon you can make little buttons to move the current form around on the screen something like this: Me.Move Me.WindowLeft + 100. Each time you click that button and nudge the form just a little bit to the right.
Rich, can you specify the position of a print preview with the same code?
If memory serves I believe you can position a report using the same technique. Give it a try and let me know what happens.
Yes, I tried it and it works perfectly! Thanks!@@599CD
One more question: My database is on a tablet. When I touch a field and it opens up the on screen keyboard, the lower fields get covered up by the OSK. Is there a way to get the field to move to the top of the screen so that you can see what you are typing? And when you close the keyboard, it moves back? Or...maybe an unbound text box pops up to show what is being typed but then it goes away when the keyboard is closed down?
No, that's not something you can really do with Access. The only thing you can really do is to design a form that fits on your tablet screen or your phone screen if you're using a phone that takes the space of the on-screen keyboard into account you're not going to be able to easily move it that's more of a feature of the tablet or the phone than of Access itself Access isn't really aware of an on-screen keyboard that's not something that they built into it yet and I honestly don't see it coming
The bigger issue is with popup forms and one person has a single monitor setup, another has a two monitor setup, and some other user has three or four monitors. Suddenly, you have to create a bunch of different possible opening settings for every possible setup the users are using. PITA
What I would like is to determine the current screen resolution and current monitor the main application is on and eliminate all of the coordinates from the monitors that do not have the main application. I kind of know how to do it, but it is a lot of work getting it to work correctly in all scenario's.
Yeah that's a lot of work - another reason why I don't use pop-up forms