Is it possible to detect a user’s screen resolution and automatically open a sheet with a particular view %. For example, if screen resolution is 600×800, the workbook will adjust the view to 100, if it is 1024X768, it will open under 200% view.
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Detect Screen Resolution & Change View % (Excel 2002)
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WSpieterse
AskWoody LoungerSeptember 30, 2004 at 5:45 am #883175Try this piece of code:
Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Public Const SM_CXSCREEN = 0 Public Const SM_CYSCREEN = 1 'Insert this code to your form: Private Sub test() Dim Tmp As String Tmp = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN) & _ "x" & GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN) MsgBox (Tmp) End Sub
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WSpieterse
AskWoody LoungerSeptember 30, 2004 at 5:45 am #883176Try this piece of code:
Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Public Const SM_CXSCREEN = 0 Public Const SM_CYSCREEN = 1 'Insert this code to your form: Private Sub test() Dim Tmp As String Tmp = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN) & _ "x" & GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN) MsgBox (Tmp) End Sub
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WSroger.crawley
AskWoody LoungerSeptember 30, 2004 at 8:38 am #883231I often change the view settings within my code. To do this I will select the range I want to be visible on screen and the set the Zoom property of ActiveWindow to True. This then adjusts the zoom % so that all of the selected range is visible on screen. This works fine for me as I mostly work in maximised windows, however, if this code is run in a Normal window it will adjust the zoom settings to suit the window size at that time, if you then maximise the window the zoom will not be at an optimum level.
I have attached a simple example of how I would use this approach to resize the view for Height, Width and Range.
Hope this helps,
WSroger.crawley
AskWoody LoungerSeptember 30, 2004 at 8:38 am #883232I often change the view settings within my code. To do this I will select the range I want to be visible on screen and the set the Zoom property of ActiveWindow to True. This then adjusts the zoom % so that all of the selected range is visible on screen. This works fine for me as I mostly work in maximised windows, however, if this code is run in a Normal window it will adjust the zoom settings to suit the window size at that time, if you then maximise the window the zoom will not be at an optimum level.
I have attached a simple example of how I would use this approach to resize the view for Height, Width and Range.
Hope this helps,
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