Form Design

I am developing a Main menu and 2 linking menus using forms. I know how
to hide the 'background' but am having problems designing the form so
that it is maximised, centered on the screen and the form a fixed
size.

I think that the form properties should be:
Popup = True, and
Auto Center = No.

How do I achieve the Max window position? What does Modal mean?

Does anyone have the answers?

Thank you very much.


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Stealth,

Well, I can't see how you can meet all three of your requirements at the
same time. If a form is maximized, it can't be centred or fixed in
size. So I'll just forget the maximising for now. If you want the form
centred, then you should set the Auto Center property to Yes. If you
want it a fixed size, you should design it to the size you want, and
then set the Auto Resize property to Yes. The Popup property is not
directly relevant to your question, and nor is Modal. Modal means that
another object cannot be activated until you close the modal form. For
more info on this, put your cursor in the Modal property box of the form
design, and press F1.

--
Steve Schapel, Microsoft Access MVP


stealth wrote:
I am developing a Main menu and 2 linking menus using forms. I know how
to hide the 'background' but am having problems designing the form so
that it is maximised, centered on the screen and the form a fixed
size.

I think that the form properties should be:
Popup = True, and
Auto Center = No.

How do I achieve the Max window position? What does Modal mean?

Does anyone have the answers?

Thank you very much.

Thanks Steve

but I would like to know more about maximising. I read a response to
another user and he posted a chunk of code which I copied but I somehow
it didn't work properly. I'm pretty sure there is an easy way around
to maximising a form.

cheers

Stealth


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Stealth,

You can use a Maximize action in a macro, or DoCmd.Maximize method in a
VBA procedure, to maximise a form. Some peropl put this type of macro
or code on the Open or Activate event of the form itself. But of
course, if a form is maximised, the idea of centering it isn't really
applicable.

--
Steve Schapel, Microsoft Access MVP


stealth wrote:
Thanks Steve

but I would like to know more about maximising. I read a response to
another user and he posted a chunk of code which I copied but I somehow
it didn't work properly. I'm pretty sure there is an easy way around
to maximising a form.

cheers

Stealth