Hi Doug, Thank you for this great tip!!! (using the Horizontal Fill) I'll use this going forward. I tried it and works like a charm. No more screen grabber and editing for me.
Have a nice day. Tina Doug Blair wrote: > > Tina, > > The blue banner at the top of most of the OOB forms is just a > background image of a blue bar with the BMC logo in the right corner. > Before you try a lot of image manipulation, try this: > > 1- Open the form in ARAdmin > > 2- Form Menu -> Current View -> Properties -> Appearance. > > 3- In the background section, change the Horizontal field from Left to > Fill. This will stretch the image to the right, and how far is > determined by which fields are VISIBLE when the form is displayed. > > 4- Press OK. You'll see the difference immediately. If you don't like > it, don't save it. > > 5- Save the form > > If you have added only a narrow field on the right the worst that will > happen is that the BMC logo will widen slightly. > > I have done this with a few forms that I no longer care are exactly > 1024x768, and it works well as long as the new view isn't a LOT wider > than the old one. > > If you want to export the image use the Save To Disk button and save > it as image.bmp or image.jpg (adding the .bmp file extension yourself. > Just type it). You can then modify the saved image in something like > Paint or the Snag-it image editor or just about any other graphics > program. > > Of course, BMC might object to distortion of their logo :-) > > Hope this helps... > > Doug Blair > > On Jun 8, 2009, at 9:55 AM, tina flores wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I added new fields on a OOB form and needed to extend the BMC Banner >> found >> on top of the form (This is the blue banner with the "BMC REMEDY IT >> SERVICE >> MANAGEMENT - xxxxxx and the area where you can find the Help and >> bmcsoftware). I tried to go Form > Manage Views > Form Properties > >> Appearance tab and tried to Save the image to disk thinking that I >> will be >> able to modify the image but when I saved this a .bmp image, i got >> this >> error message: "No Image Conversion will take place. Save anyway?" I >> clicked >> "Yes". When I accessed the file, it gave me the error: "file not >> found". >> >> Has anyone modified the banner before? Can you guide me on how to do >> this? >> Is there an existing file created on install that I can modify? >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Tina >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-expand-BMC-banner-in-the-form-header--tp3043428p3043428.html >> Sent from the ARS (Action Request System) mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the >> Answers Are" > > > > Doug > > -- > Doug Blair > d...@blairing.com > +1 224-558-5462 > > 200 North Arlington Heights Road > Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004 > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-expand-BMC-banner-in-the-form-header--tp3043428p3044775.html Sent from the ARS (Action Request System) mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
