Zooming in_Out

[Ben Ball]

Is there an easy way to configure the design set up so that when I design a layout on "a" computer it looks the same when I viewit on another?!

By this I mean, the the layout will not change to suit the size of another monitor?

The zoom in/out will only go increments of 25%.

So obivously it can look to small or too big and the main problem is, it does'nt fit the screen as deisgned.

I know you can resize the window, but not sure if its possible to resize the screen. To accomadate different monitors and setups.

TIA

Ben

[Wim Decorte]

If zoom doesn't work then you'll have design different layouts for different screen resolutions. FM layouts don't scale beyond what the zoom controls provide.

[Ben Ball]

OK, but I thought that if I change one layout, they will all change? I suppose I will have to have a unique layout for each screen resolution??

Ummm could get messy.

[stanley]

Ben:

Multiple layouts for multiple resolutions can indeed become messy. There are enough options available to the user (FileMaker's zoom function, changing screen resolutions) that generally the user should learn (or be taught) how to deal with this themselves.

However, there are times where those methods just won't work. I had a client whose accounting supervisor's eyesight was so bad that she couldn't read anything smaller than 60 pt type onscreen. I redesigned every layout she had access to, using 72 point Verdana, and gave her a special login which triggered the particular layouts. It worked, but now that she has moved on to another job, the whole system of layouts turns out to have been pretty expensive for the client, all things considered...

-Stanley

[Ben Ball]

Thanks for the insight there.

After your story and experience I think I will do it as per my design and train them up!!

I just like to have things on one page without having to scroll around. Maybe one for the wish list?!! Scale to fit is what we/I need.