DOS problem in Windows XP

[carlos martinez]

Dear All,

We just installed Windows XP in a new PC
but our DOS accounting program although it works..

in window and full screen mode it only covers
50% of the screen instead of 100% in windows98
the program is like it is shrunk upwards from 100% (wni98) to 50% (winXP)
with all windows menus fonts etc. shrunk smaller.

I only wish there was a property like 'stretch to full screen'
as in some game emulators.

Please help as everything being smaller is
making it difficult to work.

Thanking you in advance,
Carlos.

 

[Joel Rubin]

Dear All,

We just installed Windows XP in a new PC
but our DOS accounting program although it works..

in window and full screen mode it only covers
50% of the screen instead of 100% in windows98
the program is like it is shrunk upwards from 100% (wni98) to 50% (winXP)
with all windows menus fonts etc. shrunk smaller.

I only wish there was a property like 'stretch to full screen'
as in some game emulators.

Please help as everything being smaller is
making it difficult to work.

Have you tried alt-enter for a full screen "DOS" box?

What about alt-space (or mouse click on the left of the box border) +
properties? You can change the font size, the screen layout, etc. and
save it to the a .pif file used to start the accounting progie.

 

[Guest]

Are you using the DOS compatibility mode? And, have you tried right clicking

 

[carlos martinez]

Thanks! i'm almost there!!

alt-enter does the trick:

i click the .pif program starts then alt-enter and it's full screen100%!

if the .pif is in shorcut>run>maximized or Options>Display options>full
screen
program gets shrunk to 50%

Now i have to find a way that when i click the .pif
it automatically does alt-enter
without me hitting alt-enter every time
when i start the program

Thanks very much Joel!
Carlos.

 

[Bob I]

What happens if you press Alt+Enter?

 

[Richard Urban]

Press alt/enter

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Dear All,

We just installed Windows XP in a new PC
but our DOS accounting program although it works..

in window and full screen mode it only covers
50% of the screen instead of 100% in windows98
the program is like it is shrunk upwards from 100% (wni98) to 50% (winXP)
with all windows menus fonts etc. shrunk smaller.

I only wish there was a property like 'stretch to full screen'
as in some game emulators.

Please help as everything being smaller is
making it difficult to work.

Thanking you in advance,
Carlos.

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:30:34 +0300, "carlos martinez"

alt-enter does the trick:

i click the .pif program starts then alt-enter and it's full screen100%!

if the .pif is in shorcut>run>maximized or Options>Display options>full
screen program gets shrunk to 50%

Full screen should give you the Alt-Enter effect, but Maximized will
not. Maximized scales as large as possible while still using windowed
display API, so it's not what you want.

I find that it usually "remembers" the Alt-Enter effect if I apply
that while running, then close (exit) the app like that.

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