Userform Controls change their size between Win 98 and Win NT 
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 Userform Controls change their size between Win 98 and Win NT

Sorry, are You sure that display settings (resolution and font size) are
the same?



Quote:
> I work on VBA projects both at home, where I run Windows 98 and at work,
> where we run Windows NT 4.0
> I find it a bit frustrating working on userforms because of the changes
that
> happen when I copy the project files from one system to the other.
> For example, if I create a userform at home, with Windows 98, I will
place,
> say, a graphic, 5 command buttons, three text boxes and three labels.
> Test it, debug it, and, after a while, it works just fine.
> Bring this project at work, run it and: boum! all objects and fonts are
> larger than they were at home. As a result, the picture is smaller than
its
> surrounding box.
> Captions just don't fit within their boxes, anymore.
> Oddly enough, if I select a text box, click on its font property (where
it
> will show the default Tahoma, 8 point) and then click on OK without
having
> changed anything, the text comes back to the size it had originally in
> Windows 98. Go figure!
> Of course, the workardound would be to create everything in larger boxes,
so
> that the text would be prevented to disappear from view. However, it
would
> force the design of userforms in being oversized and space wasters.
> Any suggestion as to how I could tell these userforms to behave and stop
> changing size whenever I copy them to another OS?
> Thanks.



Sat, 25 May 2002 03:00:00 GMT  
 
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