chris@seas.gwu.edu (Chris Goldsmith) (05/25/90)
I heard rumors that Win3 would let you run DOS apps in a graphically resizeable window (when running in 386 enhanced mode I think) How do you get it to do this ??? I've tried and the Apps run in full screen mode. Any Ideas ?? Thanx, chris@seas.gwu.edu
MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr) (05/26/90)
Chris,
Use the PIFeditor to change from "full screen" to "windowed".
You might want to engage "background" mode as well.
- MJB -
USENET: mjb@cup.portal.comdeisenb@ic.sunysb.edu (David I Eisenberg) (05/27/90)
chris@seas.gwu.edu (Chris Goldsmith) writes: >I heard rumors that Win3 would let you run DOS apps in a > graphically resizeable window (when running in 386 enhanced > mode I think) > > How do you get it to do this ??? > > I've tried and the Apps run in full screen mode. > > Any Ideas ?? Either modify the PIF for the application to run in WINDOWED mode, or toggle between full-page mode and windowed mode with Alt-Enter. -Dave -- Dave Eisenberg SUNY at Stony Brook Computer Science deisenb@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu -or- deisenbe@sbccvm.bitnet
patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) (05/29/90)
In article <1893@sparko.gwu.edu> chris@seas.gwu.edu (Chris Goldsmith) writes: > > I heard rumors that Win3 would let you run DOS apps in a > graphically resizeable window (when running in 386 enhanced > mode I think) > How do you get it to do this ??? > I've tried and the Apps run in full screen mode. First tip, create a PIF file for the application. It has a choice in there that asks you if the app should run full size or as a Window. If you try to run it as a window and it complains, well, there's nothing else you can do. The way the program chose to display output just can't handle being a Window in some cases. -- "Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for trivial pursuit." -Harlan Ellison Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us