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
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