More Windows XP Console Woes

[Fred Harris]

Done a search of these forums and studied all the various
problems & solutions regarding 2000/XP console issues. On the XP
test box I was given by our IT department nothing seems to work
in terms of getting full screen mode to work with either 16 bit
DOS programs or 32 bit console mode windows programs. Tried the
Screen 12, Screen 0 thing, adjusting properties of the
Dos/Console box, etc. On the up side all my various DOS & 32 bit
console programs work fine in a Window. I guess what it boils
down to is that I like to use my DOS programming editors (PB35,
etc.) full screen instead of in a window.

My question is this: Has anyone else found any XP boxes that
won't function in full screen mode? From what I was able to
gleen from past forum discussions it sounds like everyone was
eventually able to get full screen to work through some kind of
minor tinkering with properties, a few extra lines of code, etc.


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Fred

[keith shelton]

I use to have a problem with PB3.5 and column 62, and 63. I changed to an Nivida
card and the problem has gone away. You might see if the sys admin has turned
on policies. I personally have never had a problem with XP going full screen
using alt + tab.
KS

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[Lance Edmonds]

Shouldn't that be ALT+ENTER?

In any case, the graphics card/display must support the screen mode desired. While that generally doesn't preclude text mode, some laptop displays do have unusual restrictions on full-screen text mode because the display resolution makes it difficult to completely fill the screen without obvious/visible distortion.

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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[keith shelton]

Yep your are right, I was explaining to a customer how to switch screens using the
alt + tab, and wrote that instead of alt + enter.
KS

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