Screen dimensions

[DrChris]

Has anyone found a way to simply set up window dimensions for layouts on the desktop Filemaker so that they fit appropriately on the ipad?

Chris

[Vaughan]

Anything less than 1024x768 or thereabouts, minus some pixels for window borders and widget bars, should fit fine.

Window dimensions aren't important: the windows are always "maximised" to fit the screen. Unlike the desktop, FM Go enlarges or reduces the layout to fit the layout to the iPad screen.

So the trick is the make sure the layout isn't bigger than the iPad screen, then use auto-resize to fill the space.

[Lee Smith]

You might find this video by Matt Petrowsky helpful. Link .

[bcooney]

Another useful link:

http://www.soliantconsulting.com/gotoolkit/

[DrChris]

Another useful link:

http://www.soliantconsulting.com/gotoolkit/

Thankyou for that - some really good little scripts in there too!

DrC

[Christine Sephton]

Screen Dimensions

For reference purposes, these are the screen dimensions for FileMaker Go in various states:

Remember: List View consumes an additional 3px of width for the selection indicator on the left. This difference is

not reported by Get ( WindowContentWidth ) and it is not taken into consideration in this matrix.

• iPad Portrait (toolbar showing): width 768, height 929

• iPad Portrait (toolbar hidden): width 768, height 973

• iPad Landscape (toolbar showing): width 1024, height 673

• iPad Landscape (toolbar hidden): width 1024, height 717

• iPhone Portrait (toolbar showing): width 320, height 385

• iPhone Portrait (toolbar hidden): width 320, height 429

• iPhone Landscape (toolbar showing): width 480, height 255

• iPhone Landscape (toolbar hidden): width 480, height 289

In order to test for whether a user has their device in landscape or portrait mode, and to determine how much

screen real estate you have available, use Get (WindowContentWidth) and Get (WindowContentHeight). Note that

regardless of your zoom level, these are the numbers FileMaker Go will report.

[DrChris]

Thanks for that Christine,

Exactly what I was after.

DrC