Gunnar, Steve, et. al.: Using Jim Limburg's steps provided earlier and today, this process gives me automatic full Screen in DOS rbase, on Win98, Win2000 and XP oper.systems on desktops (mixed makes) and Dell laptops running Win2000 and XP. The important thing is to follow EXACTLY the steps in order...
-Brad Gunnar Ekblad wrote: > Yes > But I believe different laptops not to mention desktops behaves slightly > differently. > I can not explain but this issue depends on the hardware you run! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jim > Limburg > Sent: den 20 januari 2003 18:37 > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RBASE FOR DOS, XP 1/2 BLACK SCREEN > > I think ALT + ENTER will change this or: > > Here is a post to the R-Base-L list I posted a bit ago > > Here is what I do, If memory serves me Sami helped me alot on this one. > > 1. On the Desktop shortcut, right-click and then left-click on the > properties menu. > 2. Click on the Misc tab and remover the check for Allow Screen Saver > 3. Click on the Screen tab and choose Window to start up RBase at first > 4. Click Apply - and OK to save settings, now Double-click shortcut to > start RBase in a Window. > 5. Once Rbase is up, left or right click on the C:\ Icon in the top left > corner > 6. Go to the Options tab and in the Display Options frame click the Full > Screen > option > 7. You will get prompted by an Apply Properties dialog. Click the Save > properties for future windows with same title option and then OK. > 8. This will bring you to a full screen. Immediatly exit RBase and then > right-click on the desktop Icon and choose properties. > 9. Go to the Screen tab and then click Full-Screen under the Usage > frame, and > OK. > > This should have it. -- Give it a try > > Jim Limburg > > Brad Davidson wrote: > > mjs wrote: > > > > > >>Has anybody ever tried to run Rbase for DOS on a Windows XP Box, and > see > >>that Rbase comes up with a sort of squished window on top and a black > >>screen for the bottom half? It does this intermittently. Closing > Rbase > >>and restarting it makes it go back to a normal looking screen. Any > >>ideas? > >> > >>Mike Sinclair > > > > > > Yes - found 2 email posts regarding this and solved this problem for > me > > (thanks to Jim and Michael!). Let me know if you'd like me to forward > the 2 > > emails to you privately. > > > > -Brad Davidson > > > >
