How to Set the Maximum Design Area for a Form

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

It is possible to set the maximum design area for the Form Designer in the Options dialog box. To access the Options dialog box, choose Options from the Tools menu, and select the Forms tab.

MORE INFORMATION

The maximum design area specifies a maximum size of the form for design time. Visual FoxPro won't let you size a form to be bigger than the specified display resolution. It is a good idea to specify the smallest resolution your users will want, so that your forms are viewable in all resolutions.

Important Notes to Keep in Mind

Although not covered in the Developers Guide or Help file, if you have a form open while setting the maximum design area, the setting won't affect the open form or form set until you close and reopen it. Also, note that setting the maximum design area affects all forms open during the current session of FoxPro; if you click the "Set as Default" button, it will affect all future sessions too.

If you have a form designed with, for example, an 800 by 600 maximum design area and it fills most of the white design area in that mode, Visual FoxPro lets you increase or decrease the maximum design area. If you decrease the maximum design area to, for example, 640 by 480, your form becomes larger than the design area, and you won't be able to access all of the form until you close it, set up the proper maximum design area, and reopen the form.

You should set the maximum design area before you use the Form Wizard to create your form.

REFERENCES

For more information on the Forms tab, please search for it in the Visual FoxPro Help menu.

Refer to the "Setting the Design Area for a From or Form Set" section in Chapter 9, "Creating Forms" of the Visual FoxPro Developers Guide.