After spending WAY too much time on this problem, I finally solved it.
It turns out that if you leave the mdb in the format of a previous Access version, it does strange things to the windows if you open the mdb on a different computer. I guess the runtime conversion at startup treats the form objects differently.
I converted the mdb to the accdb (Access 2007) format, and everything was back to normal. However, you obviously...
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Ok,
I have not found a solution yet but I just determined that it has nothing to do with Operating system or screen resolution.
I normalized and saved all window sizes on the client computer (Windows Vista business) so that the mdb behaved normally. I copied the mdb to my computer (Windows XP professional) and discovered that I had the exact same problem that the user had. Once you size and save the windows (ctrl-S),...Leave a comment:
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Hi,
It doesn't matter weather you choose tabbed or overlapping. If you set it to tabbed, the behaviour is still a problem but appears to be slightly different.
When a popup form is to be displayed and Access is in tabbed mode, some windows size to small inusable objects. When Access is in overlapping mode, the forms tend to size to very large ugly windows, making no sence to the user.
Maybe the screen resolution...Leave a comment:
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Hi Sphinney,
Unfortunately my response won't be of any help to you, but I know exactly what problem you are talking about and I was wondering if you have found any workaround yet.
You can position, size and save the form (ctrl-S) and the user will be fine. However, if you roll out a new version that has been modified on a different computer, the behaviour will start over again.
Some windows even appear as small...Leave a comment:
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