MS Access Forms resize when Modal and Popup are set to True

Question

I have run into this issue several times in the past and would like to know how to resolve it.

When Modal and Popup are set to True on an MS Access 2003 Form, in what looks to be inconsistent occurrences, when the form loads, the form will be bunched up in the left hand corner of the screen. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't, I can't seem to pin-point what exactly is triggering the change in the form. But, once it does happen, it remains bunched up like this until the Form is put in Design mode and modified to have .Modal = False and .Popup = False

Here is an example of what the form looks like after loading it:

Here is an example of what the properties are set to on the Form:

Does anyone know why this occurs and how to prevent it while maintaining .Modal = True and .Popup = True?

Basically I require for my use case to have both .Popup and .Modal to be set to True and having the Form resize on its own volition even when the property .BorderStyle is changed from Sizable to Dialog is rather perplexing. Maybe I am missing something.

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Answer 1

I would say that the issue could come from Auto Resize = No.
Set it to Yes instead.

The documentation for Form.AutoResize says that:

If you make any changes in Design view to a form whose AutoResize property is set to No and whose AutoCenter property is set to Yes, switch to Form view before saving the form. If you don't, Microsoft Access clips the form on the right and bottom edges the next time you open the form.

And if the Form.AutoResize is set to No:

When opened, the Form window has the last saved size. To save a window's size, open the form, size the window, save the form by clicking Save on the File menu, and close the form or report. When you next open the form or report, it will be the saved window size.