I am using XP Pro myself and I have these tabs.. the difference is likely how the shortcut is created. I just went and tested this, so when I go to where our rbase is installed (on server/network drive letter) to the dos RB65 "RBASE65.EXE" and right-click-drag and tell it to create a shortcut, I get all the tabs I mentioned above. When this is done with the Windows version "RBG65.EXE" I don't get the above tabs, I guess cause of the difference between them being a dos and window program.
To be consistent with our users we always drag a shortcut in the manner I described above. Windows (and especially diff versions of windows) provides different shortcuts depending on how you create the shortcut. If you right click on desktop and say create shortcut and then map it to the RBase DOS in XP Pro it will give you these tabs as well, but I would right-click-drag to be consistent.
The one other thing that may be possible is you have some other type of software running that manages the windows desktop or other parts of windows and changes this default behavior.. If that's so then I would get rid of it.
Jim Limburg
Steve Breen wrote:
Jim,
I start off with a problem here. I am using XP Pro and I do not have a Misc tab just general and there is no "allow screensaver tab here"
Next I do not understand number 3 at all.
Steve
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Limburg Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:20 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Blink Characteristic
Here is what I do to get a Full DOS Screen in W2k and XP
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. If running W2k click the Misc tab. Uncheck QuickEdit in Mouse frame, in XP this is unchecked as default. (Boo-Boo my MS on W2k). 7. Go to the Options tab and in the Display Options frame click the Full Screen option 8. You will get prompted by an Apply Properties dialog. Click the Save properties for future windows with same title option and then OK. 9. This will bring you to a full screen. Immediatly exit RBase and then right-click on the desktop Icon and choose properties. 10.Go to the Screen tab and then click Full-Screen under the Usage frame, and OK.
Jim Limburg
Emmitt Dove wrote:
Stephen,
All I can tell you is that when I do the Alt-Enter on XP here, my screen blanks and then I get an 80x25 full screen text display just as if I was running DOS.
Emmitt
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:31 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Blink Characteristic [Stephen Breen]
Emmitt,
I knew this was to easy. You get a full screen but it is minimized. It is only about one third the size as our normal screen positioned in the center.
Steve
On my XP system, when I run 5.5 DOS and 6.5++ DOS and press Alt-Enter it switches to real full screen.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sami Aaron Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:56 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Blink Characteristic [Stephen Breen] Sami This is a real problem in XP as I have been unable to get a full screen size windows for Rbase. This is interesting. Hum Steve
Steve - If you are running the DOS version in a Window, it will not blink. If you press ALT-ENTER to make it full screen you will see it blink. It's a Windows vs. DOS thing... Sami ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 913-915-1971 ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Breen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:09 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Blink Characteristic
We are using the latest build 866 and the column blink function will not work in a form. Any comments or suggestions? Stephen Breen CDI Services, Inc.
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