DOS Screen Mode

[Tim Camarda]

Thats right..I could use the WIDTH statement.

Thanks to all for the help, and taking time to investigate this.

Tim



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[Michael Mattias]

I know WIDTH works. It's just that 'WIDTH' would not be my first 'guess' for the name of a command which would affect HEIGHT.

[Clay Clear]

Thanks, Jerry! I am woefully ignorant of the PB/DOS builtin
capabilities, but am reasonably familiar with using DOS INT's.
That's why I posted my replies. Rather than doing that, I should've
gone to the IDE and looked up the WIDTH statement in the Help, since
you mentioned it. Tim, I'd suggest looking at the WIDTH statement,
rather than using my replies about DOS services.


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[Jerry Fielden]

Originally posted by Michael Mattias:
I haven't worked with PB/DOS in a couple of years, but something about this hit me:

Why would I look for a WIDTH statement to increase the number of lines? Shouldn't there be a
HEIGHT function to do that?

I've had no problems getting 50 line with.....WIDTH 80, 50

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[Clay Clear]

Hmmmm...been experimenting with that DOS service, and it might not be
as helpful as I thought...

Maybe Mr. Hanlin will jump in...he's pretty darned knowledgeable
about the DOS INT stuff. Mr. Edmonds is, also.


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[This message has been edited by Clay Clear (edited June 06, 2004).]

[Clay Clear]

Correction! I just re-read Ralf's List for that DOS service, and it
might RETURN special information for SOME BIOS's/adaptor's. Apparently,
setting up the service to CALL it is pretty straightforward.


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[Clay Clear]

Tim,

Look at the DOS INT 10h, service 00h (i.e., AH = 00h). I decided
not to come up with the code for you because, from what I briefly
read in Ralf Brown's Interrupt List, SOME BIOS's/adaptor's might
require special settings, and I would not want my code to trash
other people's programs/systems.


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[Michael Mattias]

I haven't worked with PB/DOS in a couple of years, but something about this hit me:

Why would I look for a WIDTH statement to increase the number of lines? Shouldn't there be a HEIGHT function to do that?

[Jerry Fielden]

Have you looked at the Width statement

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[Tim Camarda]

Is there another way to change a text screen (screen 0) to 50 lines, other than
shelling to DOS with SHELL"mode con:lines=50"?
TIA

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