Home Forums Discussions Problems Netbook display problem-- suggestions for fix?

I have a Samsung (NC10) netbook and have been very happy with with it EXCEPT I am having problems with the bottom of Amazing Charts display being cut off. The display settings are set to max 1024 X 600 and DPI at 72 (75%) as suggested by another user. This improved things but I still cannot access items at the bottom of the forms and I also don't seem to be able to scroll down to them. I have been very happy with the netbook otherwise but being able to chart while away from the office is important. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. --ddw

My display resolutions are set 1280x800, on Sony Vaio.
I realize this doesn't help you one bit since we have different machines and you said your screen is set to max resolution.
At the least, I just wanted to share a resolution that works no problem.

Is your purpose only for remote access or do you need to use the netbook in the office too?

I don't know. 1024 X 768 is the absolute minimum recommended and that is probably on a 17 inch monitor. I am assuming you are resizing AC the best you can to show the bottom of the screen.

The DPI fix that I mentioned is good, but annoying after a while since everything is so small!

Actually the final, true fix can easily be done by Jon in a matter of minutes seconds. Those MS Access forms that are affected need to have a lateral slider placed on them so that you can "slide" down to the bottom of the forms. All Jon has to do is to change the form property for sliders (i.e. turn them "on"). This used to be a big problem back in the old days of small video screens with poor resolution, again revisited by these small high-tech wonder NetBooks of today.

Some forms can also be redone to make them fit as well as possible into the typical NetBook screen, but that is not as important as putting in form sliders, which have not been an issue until now.

I'm currently using my NetBook in the office, in my hospital rounds, and on dictation rounds (s.a. tonight), and to watch movies while relaxing. I'll be taking it on my cruise that will be coming up at the end of this month (Baltimore to Caribbean, including Puerto Rico... 9 days!).

The netbook audio card, btw, is very good- tonight I switched microphones to one that plugs into the card (the free headset that came with the software), and after training the accuracy was nice- within a few dictations it should improve considerably.

Al

Alborg, I don't think people should build applications to run on EVERY display configuration. If the Program specs call fro 1024 x 768, then 1024 x 768 it should be, if you buy a NetBook with 1024 x 600, then you are going to miss the 168 pixels at the bottom.

I have a oQo micropc with a 800 x 600 display, does that qualify for rewriting the forms display?

It may seem a small task to you, but when you have hundreds of Installations, it does not make much sense to include a change/upgrade that only affects a minuscule number of people. Especially when there are more important and pressing user demands.

gkfahnbulleh:

These NetBooks are a big deal- the oQo micropc was overpriced, tiny little "communication device" (read: fancy phone) and in most respects, was a dud. The form change is what is miniscule and could be included in the next AC product upgrade easily, without coding.

It may not be important to you, because you don't own one, but to the many folks that wish to lug around a decent, less than 3 pound full computer client with a full keyboard and an almost great screen size it is important.

Cheers,
Al

Alborg, the NetBook is simply a fleeting effort by Microsoft to keep windows on the desktop.

Stop and think for a moment, that billions of people in the world are connected to the internet not by a netbook, but by a cell phone.

The cell phone is indeed the final frontier, the final delivery platform for software.

MS has managed to stretch out its Windows brand for as long as possible. Microsoft understands that putting Windows 7 on a mobile device, like Apple has done with it's OS X kernel, is it only path to survival. The netbook is a stop along the way.

You still use the oQo?

Al

No, it like my box of 8in Floppy Disks, 8 in Hard Disk, and my 1950 Royal KVM Magic Margin Type Writer are amongst my collectibles.

The company folded earlier this year.

ddw - you might try looking for something like this http://nodadev.wordpress.com/pc-projects/a1ctl/
That one is for Acer netbooks but it may work.

We have been succesfully using an Acer Aspire One netbook. Although the native resolution is 1024x600 (resulting in chopped off AC screens), we changed the screen resolution to 1024x768. As the mouse moves up and down the screen, the entire screen scrolls to reveal the top or bottom of the AC window. The 1024x768 setting was not available until we deselected the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" option. (From Display Properties, click the Settings tab, click Advanced. In the Monitor window that opens, click the Monitor tab, deselect "Hide modes...")

I like my Acer Aspire One netbook. The DPI fix by ddw worked well. morgansrm's suggestion did't work for me, but maybe I didn't get the scrolling figured out. Ultimately that sounds like the best fix. I started AC a month ago, and really like it.
Lon Hatfield, MD

Sorry, morgansrm, but I didn't follow all your suggestions. Now it works fine. Thanks.... Lon Hatfield, MD

The suggestion to unclick the display setting that "hides modes..." under the advanced tab allowed me to set up 1024 X 768 which solved the problem for me. [Thanks morgansrm]. Seems like adding the ability to scroll as suggested by alborg would be a better way to solve everyone's problems and I assume it wouldn't be that difficult. [hope Amazing Charts support is paying attention]. Thanks to all who responded to my question way back in July. I had given up using Amazing charts on my Samsung NC10 netbook but decided to give it another try today and was happy to find all the helpful and supportive responses. DDW