Sizing layouts

[fbugeja]

Is there any way of sizing a layout to so many pixels across by so many pixels down as you can do to new windows?

Frank

[CyborgSam]

One way: create a rectangle with the exact dimensions you want the layout to be (e.g. 640x480). Move it to the upper left as far as possible. Drag the bottom delineator of the layout (what's the right term for this?) up as far as possible. You can choose the border & fill to both be blank.

This limits objects vertically since the bottom of the layout is defined. However, if you, the developer, allows a field to be position past the right of the rectangle, that layout will be bigger.

When I design IWP layouts, I prefer to make this rectangle have visible borders so the user has visual confirmation of where things are displayed.

[fbugeja]

Thanks for your response, Cyborg Sam! Will give it a try!

Frank

[LaRetta]

You can also just place a 1 x 1 px transparent rectangle exactly on the 640x480 coordinate; also dragging the body up until it hits it. That will be the pre-defined size, even when windowing, if you use Resize To Fit [ ]. The more layers stacked, the more jump you'll experience when it's covered with fields, containers, calcs, etc. (particularly in Windows).

If you keep your size within what will display on screen, scrolls (horizontal and vertical) will disappear in Form view also. ;)