1. DOS window does *not* go to full screen
Hi all,
I think many of you know this annoying behavior of ex.exe: When running
it the first time after creating a new small DOS window, it always makes
the window go to full screen. This problem is described in "trouble.htm",
and has also been discussed here.
On my PC at home (Win 98 1st ed.), this happens too, and I got more or
less used to it. So I was very surprised, when I run one of my Euphoria
DOS programs on a PC (Win 98 2nd ed.) at my office, and this problem did
*not* occur!! 
Unfortunately I don't know much about the technical details of PCs.
Just to get started, I compared some files from the "windows\system"
folders:
- conagent.exe
- conlock.mod
- redirect.mod
- winoa386.mod
This 4 files are identical on both PCs.
What could be the reason for the different behavior? Do all of you have
this problem on Win 98 1st ed., and don't have this problem on Win 98
2nd ed.? Or maybe it's a hardware issue? My hope is, that I can solve
the problem on my PC at home, just by updating some files.
Regards,
Juergen
2. Re: DOS window does *not* go to full screen
On 25 Sep 2002, at 16:38, Juergen Luethje wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I think many of you know this annoying behavior of ex.exe: When running
> it the first time after creating a new small DOS window, it always makes
> the window go to full screen. This problem is described in
> "trouble.htm", and has also been discussed here.
>
> On my PC at home (Win 98 1st ed.), this happens too, and I got more or
> less used to it. So I was very surprised, when I run one of my Euphoria
> DOS programs on a PC (Win 98 2nd ed.) at my office, and this problem did
> *not* occur!!
>
> Unfortunately I don't know much about the technical details of PCs. Just
> to get started, I compared some files from the "windows\system" folders:
> - conagent.exe - conlock.mod - redirect.mod - winoa386.mod This 4 files
> are identical on both PCs.
>
> What could be the reason for the different behavior? Do all of you have
> this problem on Win 98 1st ed., and don't have this problem on Win 98
> 2nd ed.? Or maybe it's a hardware issue? My hope is, that I can solve
> the problem on my PC at home, just by updating some files.
>
> Regards,
> Juergen
>
Juergen:
It looks like a PIF matter. Right-click "Ex.exe" at your BIN folder and
select "properties". Then select a tab for "screen" (between "memory"
and "misc" tabs). Select window or full screen as you wish. By doing
this you'll be editing your ex.pif configuration file. That's all :)
Be good,
-- Euler
3. Re: DOS window does *not* go to full screen
Hello Christian,
thanks for your reply. You wrote:
>>From: Juergen Luethje <jluethje at gmx.de>
>>On my PC at home (Win 98 1st ed.), this happens too, and I got more or
>>less used to it. So I was very surprised, when I run one of my Euphoria
>>DOS programs on a PC (Win 98 2nd ed.) at my office, and this problem did
>>*not* occur!!
> Don't worry too much about things that work as expected: there are not
> plenty of them, except in Murphy's framework...
It was *not* expected, that there was *no* problem on the computer at my
office!
> Just to say that, in my former office (Win98, 2nd ed) and here (WinNT
> 4.0) as well, I never got this problem with ex.exe.
That's interesting. So after what I read, and after my own experience,
it seems that this problem
- exists on Win 95, Win98/1st ed
- doesn't exist on Win98/2nd ed, WinNT 4.0
> So if you need any config info...
> CChris
I'd like to find out the decisive difference between Win98/1st ed and
Win98/2nd ed regarding this problem (or any other information that
solves the problem on Win98/1st ed).
Regards,
Juergen
4. Re: DOS window does *not* go to full screen
Hello Rudy,
thanks for your reply. You wrote:
> Juergen Luethje wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I think many of you know this annoying behavior of ex.exe: When running
>> it the first time after creating a new small DOS window, it always makes
>> the window go to full screen. This problem is described in
>> "trouble.htm",
>> and has also been discussed here.
>>
>> On my PC at home (Win 98 1st ed.), this happens too, and I got more or
>> less used to it. So I was very surprised, when I run one of my Euphoria
>> DOS programs on a PC (Win 98 2nd ed.) at my office, and this problem did
>> *not* occur!!
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't know much about the technical details of PCs.
>> Just to get started, I compared some files from the "windows\system"
>> folders:
>> - conagent.exe
>> - conlock.mod
>> - redirect.mod
>> - winoa386.mod
>> This 4 files are identical on both PCs.
Pifmgr.dll is also exactly the same file on both computers.
>> What could be the reason for the different behavior? Do all of you have
>> this problem on Win 98 1st ed., and don't have this problem on Win 98
>> 2nd ed.? Or maybe it's a hardware issue? My hope is, that I can solve
>> the problem on my PC at home, just by updating some files.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Juergen
> i run win98/se.
Aha... -------^^
> move the mouse to start/programs/ms dos prompt BUT
> do NOT click on it with the left button. DO CLICK with the right button
> to see a menu with 'properties'on it and click that menu selection.
> the dos properties window will open up with options on tab sheets.
> 'program' and 'screen' is what you want.
> 'ok'
Sorry, in my previous post I forgot to mention, that I already did that.
I chose "normal window" on the "program" tab and "window" on the "screen"
tab.
This works fine on the computer at my office (win98/se), but not on my
computer at home (win 98, *1st* edition)!
> later
> rudy
[...]
Regards,
Juergen
