Re: Scale a paradox form

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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