markh@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Hirayama) (05/12/91)
I have an interesting little quirk going on with my Windows desktop. Whenever I run it, it won't allow me to make certain windows the size I want to. The main Program Manager window, all the Accessories windows, and any Windows applications - when I try to size them by putting the pointer on either a boarder or a corner, it only allows me to "click" (for want of a better word) to certain positions and sizes: about half way up the screen vertically and about 1/3 of the screen horizontally. Any window inside of these other windows, e.g. my Applications Group or a Worksheet in Excel or something, can be sized as they're supposed to. What's going on? Someone told me it might have something to do with the PIF files. I have a 386 running in Enhanced 386 Mode, and I was experimenting with making some DOS applications running inside a window, although I stopped because I don't like the 'compressed' look Windows gives them. Now I configured all my PIF files to run DOS applications in full-screen mode, but this clicking is still going on. It's weird. Could someone send e-mail if you have any suggestions or possibilities as to what's going wrong? Thanks in advance! --markh@milton.u.washington.edu .
sguerke@brahms.udel.edu (Stephen Guerke) (05/12/91)
In article <1991May12.090003.29351@milton.u.washington.edu> markh@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Hirayama) writes: > >I have an interesting little quirk going on with my Windows desktop. Whenever >I run it, it won't allow me to make certain windows the size I want to. Sounds to me like you need to go into CONTROL PANEL and set the granularity of the sizing grid. The following is from the Windows 3.0 manual page 157: "1. Choose the Desktop icon from the Control Panel window. 2. Move to the Granularity text box in the lower-right portion of the of the dialog box. 3. Click the Up or Down scroll arrow to the right of the text box to increase or decrease the size of the grid. Or type the number you want. The allowed range is 0 through 49. The grid ganges in multiples of eight pixels. A value of 1 creates a grid with magnetic spots every eight pixels, 2 places magnetic spots every 16 pixels, and so forth. ...... A value of 0 cancels the grid. 4. Choose OK." > >Thanks in advance! > > >--markh@milton.u.washington.edu >. Hope this helps Steve -- -------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Guerke, Coord. Computer Resources sguerke@brahms.udel.edu University of Delaware Parallel Program stephen.guerke@mvs.udel.edu Georgetown, DE 19947 ILV20078@UDELVM.UDEL.EDU
risto@tuura.UUCP (Risto Lankinen) (05/13/91)
markh@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Hirayama) writes: >I have an interesting little quirk going on with my Windows desktop. Whenever >I run it, it won't allow me to make certain windows the size I want to. Hi! It is possible, that the programmer of the application in question has decided to use the CS_BYTEALIGN or CS_BYTEALIGNCLIENT -flags with its main window. These flags are provided for the software developers to force the window or its client area into being aligned at certain even-byte boundaries for more or less better performance during window repaints with some display adapters. There's not much one can do without having made the program oneself, in which case the cure is not to use the alignment flags. Terveisin: Risto Lankinen -- Risto Lankinen / product specialist *************************************** Nokia Data Systems, Technology Dept * 2 2 * THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK * 2 -1 is PRIME! Now working on 2 +1 * replies: risto@yj.data.nokia.fi ***************************************
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (05/15/91)
Isn't this group about windows, not about Windows? That is, shouldn't MS-Windows(tm)-specific discussion happen in comp.windows.ms, reserving comp.windows.misc for window system issues in general? Yes, I could (and do) use my "k" key a lot, but that's why there's already the subdivision...