I have run into what seems to be a common issue with forms and resizing of other forms that are already open. If I open a main form full screen and open another smaller form, the small form I want to stay small also goes full screen. If I hit the restore button on the small for the main form also resizes with it and cuts off half of the window and I have to resize it again. Annoying to say the least!! I am tire of trying to accomodate screen sizes so I am going full screen on the majority of the forms with the exception of a few forms that do not need to be that large.
Morning Anne and Rockn, Anne is correct, there are 2 methods that should help you, the first is
Docmd.Restore
which should put your Form back to it's previous "Window" size.
The other is
Docmd.MoveSize
which both positions and sizes the Form and window to your specification.
They should go in the Form's On Load event procedure.
I haven't actually tried them as I like all my Forms Maximised.
Other properties that you might want to look at are "Modal", (always on top and diasables other forms until closed) and "Pop-Up".
I think I may have figured this one out. The initial form is set to onLoad DoCmd.Maximize and the child forms properties are set to popup = yes. Now the child forms open at their original design size and also obey MinMax buttons disabled.
I think Modal is a function where no other forms can be closed while the form in the foreground is open.
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