DOS blanks half of the screen

[Guest]

i have this old DOS program running under xp pro.
for some reason it wont open full screen.

i set it to open full screen and the screen is being used fully but the
actual part of the screen being used is just the top half.

the bottom part stays blanc.

i had this problem before in win2000 somehow i then fixed it. though copying
all the files from there to xp doesnt solve the problem.
does anyone know how to get the program to be running full screen?

 

[Guest]

Try changing your settings on the Layout tab of the dos properties.

Start/run, type CMD. Rightclick the left corner icon, then Properties.

 

[Guest]

its not CMD that runs half screen its only that program.
though i tried it nd will try it with the program later on

thanx any other suggestions?

 

[Guest]

My guess is that the app runs in the old "25 line" dos.

 

[Elmo]

it's not CMD that runs half screen its only that program.
though I tried it and will try it with the program later on.

thanx any other suggestions?

The answer is still in CMD. You open CMD (in the C:\Windows\System32
folder), right-click the top bar, click Defaults, Layout tab, set the
window size to W 80 by H 25. When the association calls up CMD, you get
the program to run in the proper full-screen CMD window.

 

[Guest]

hey thanx,
this might actually solve the problem
i had to use google to find out what 25 line dos was though but i found a
thing wroth trying.

its perfectly described here:
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/textmode.html
see: Force 25-line mode for full-screen WPDOS under Windows 2000 and XP.

ill give it a shot