When I was using XP Prof I did the following: Right-click the DOS application icon, you will see a pageframe with the following pages:
Program --- mark close on exit Compatibility --- choose XP Memory --- set XMS to whatever size you need Screen -- choose full screen It worked very well in XP. However, I am now using Windows 7 and it won't accept full screen. Hope this helps. BTW, I'm not THAT old (:-) Rafael Copquin El 19/07/2010 7:20, william escribió: > Hi Alan: > With suitably lowered voice, and down cast eyes ! and Real Thanks. > > The table below indicates Vars. ALL possible combinations tried. > It takes the settings shown to get Size Indicator Win to show full while > changing width and height settings. Default will hold it's settings > but Properties wont. They revert to 80/50, however the width does set to > full screen but the height stays at about 45% of full screen. Totally > weird the Prg now loads with a selection from its first menu already > made ??. > William > > > Console Windows Properties/ Defaults for NTVDM.exe > Scrn Buf Win size Win Pos LWP Def Prp Opts > W 164 164 0 0 no/yes y/n y/n FS/Win > H 66 66 0 0 no/yes y/n y/n FC/Win > > Restarting does not help. > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-07-18 at 17:39 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote: > >> Stop shouting I'm right here! >> >> I take it you mean it's in fullscreen mode but not taking up the full >> screen? >> >> Start it, hit Alt-Enter to Windowise it. In the window's menu (click on >> top left) select 'Properties'. In there go to the 'Layout' tab. In the >> 'Window Size' section, set the height to 50. Then close and elect to use >> the settings for all window or whatever it is that you will get asked. >> See if that helps. >> >> >> >> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:57 +0100, "william" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> RUNNING A DOS 6.22 APP UNDER WIN98& OS/2 GIVES A FULL PHYSICAL SCREEN >>> PRESENTATION WHILE IN THE DOS VIRTUAL MACHINE. THE SAME CODE UNDER WIN >>> 2K, AND WIN XP RUNS IN A WIN ONLY HALF THE FULL SCREEN DEEP, WITH >>> SUITABLY COMPRESSED FONTS. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER THE EXE IS LINKED FROM >>> OBJECTS THAT DERIVED FROM MS-C-5.1 OR DATA BASE LANGUAGES FROM THE SAME >>> ERA. >>> >>> CAN ANYONE HELP ! >>> TIA >>> WILLIAM TORMEY >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
