From: roydoc@NOMORESPAMcox.net   
      
   Hi Dennis,   
      
   >Also, why use pages on the form?....   
   >Pages are a bad idea generally.   
      
   I've seen this said before, both from you and I think a few others. What is   
   the reasoning for this? I use pages all the time in my apps, and am tending   
   to use them more rather than less as time goes on. I also use tabbed   
   dialogues where appropriate but not to navigate the entire app.  I feel   
   pages have multiple advantages over tabbed dialogues for the main part of an   
   app, including only showing things you want that user to see, plus I think   
   they give a much cleaner look than using a tabbed dialogue for the main part   
   of the app.   
      
   I am also trying my best to get away from pop up forms as much as possible.   
   I've grown to really dislike apps where everything you do spawns yet another   
   pop up. It makes for a very confusing interface, in my opinion.   
      
   The current app I'm working on uses pages and also fields, tableframes, etc.   
   that become hidden or visible based on what the user is doing. It seems to   
   make for a much easier, simpler and more intuitive (there's that word again)   
   interface for the end user.   
      
   Is there any particular reason you don't like pages or is it just personal   
   preference. Thanks.   
      
   Regards,   
   RoyF   
      
   "Dennis Santoro"  wrote in message   
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   > First, don't zoom the form. Why would you? If itis properly scaled for   
   > 800x600 just leave it there. (size the ap window to fit it and maximize or   
   > just explicitly size the window. Don't try and take over the whole screen   
   > regardless of resolution. If you really want to be nasty and take over the   
   > whole screen then make a different copy of the form for each res you may   
   > encounter, test the res on startup and pick that set of forms. But it is   
   > FAR easier to just stick with one size and stay there.   
   >   
   > Also, why use pages on the form? Use notebook tabs if you need to separate   
   > data within a single form. Use pop up forms if you just want another part   
   > of your data. Pages are a bad idea generally.   
   >   
   > So, in summary, pick a size. Design for it. Forget zoom. It is lousy and   
   > causes problems as you have seen. Get rid of pages. They are a pain. Use   
   > notebooks or pop up forms. Don't resize. Don't change scale. Size the ap   
   > explicitly and maximize your forms or size the forms explicitly. If you   
   > want you can also disable resizing of the ap window or the form itslef but   
   > that is more complicated. Usually easier just to tell users to leave the   
   > forms the size they come up or deal with the lousy look. They will stop   
   > changing sizes.   
   >   
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