You don’t need to use DP in a small window, though full screen mode is
not attractive. However, you can use DP in ALMOST full screen mode,
though the path is anything but obvious.
Open Data Perfect. Click on the DP icon in the top left corner of the
window. Choose Properties. Font. In that tab choose the Lucida Console
Font, & a font size that gives you the window size you want. with a 17"
screen, I found that I get the biggest window that doesn’t overflow the
screen with font size 20. With my present 22" screen I use font size 28.
When you exit, you will be asked if you want the change just for this
window, or for all windows. Try it for the window you’re working on, &
when you have a result that satisfies you, go in, make a change, change
back, & select Save properties for future windows with the same title.
You may have to drag the window corner to a size that eliminates the
sliders.
I find that with font smoothing enabled in Windows, I get large, clear,
crisp type, which I cannot get in full screen mode.
Don
On 18/03/2014 6:32 AM, barmag wrote:
Thanks Don for your response.
My major concerns are with the screen that it is too small to work with all day
and
with the ctrl keys - Ctrl-F7, ctrl-F4 and other ctrl keys which don't work. DP
on
Win7/32 does not have ctrl keys problem.
By the way, where would I find it online? Do you have any suggestion on
alternative
software?
Malkie - there are ways of running DP under newer versions of Windows, I'm
playing with them
now. They've been discussed online.
You aren't the only one still using it but our numbers are dwindling. I haven't
heard about Lew in
years but I would have to suspect that he's no longer active.
Don FriedmanDon Friedman
ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC
PRS Data Systems
205 S Main Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE
412-784-1615 Fax
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:07 AM, barmag <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Everyone;
Haven't heard from our DP friends for a long time. What happened? Has DP become so
defunct that I'm the only one left using it? ; (
Many of my clients and I have upgraded to Win 64-bit but apparently this new
platform is not quite compatible for DP Dos version and we need to upgrade
to a
different database. Although I'm sure no program can ever be as superb as
DP, I would
appreciate any suggestion of a more up-to-date user friendly, simple and
great program
to replace DP.
I hereby would officially like to thank Lew Bastian, DP's author, and the crew, for this
amazing program I purchased in 1990 and became addicted to. Any plans of
coming
out with a Window's version? I would pay any amount for it.
Malkie
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