For Win 64-bit you have to use a DosBox which I don't think can be enlarged - at least I don't know how. Any suggestion how to use the ctrl keys in 64-bit?
Malkie > You dont 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 doesnt 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 youre 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 years but I would have to suspect that he's no longer active.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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Dataperf mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
