full screen problem

#1 03-22-2008, 11:35 AM

Hi all,
I have recently returned to Pascal and have a previously unheard of
problem, (by me anyway)

I am running Turbo Pascal 7in XP on one machine but also need to run
under vista.

The IDE boots up in a small window

The program, which uses graphics, starts in full screen, I want it in
a small window

On closing the app, the IDE is now full screen

Any thoughts please

Best wishes,
Jim

#2 03-22-2008, 03:50 PM

Jim wrote:

> The IDE boots up in a small window
>
> The program, which uses graphics, starts in full screen, I want it in
> a small window
>
> On closing the app, the IDE is now full screen
>
> Any thoughts please

Try creating a .PIF file for your program.

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#3 03-25-2008, 04:38 AM

On Mar 22, 7:50 pm, Robert Riebisch <Robert.Riebi...@arcor.de> wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> > The IDE boots up in a small window
>
> > The program, which uses graphics, starts in full screen, I want it in
> > a small window
>
> > On closing the app, the IDE is now full screen
>
> > Any thoughts please
>
> Try creating a .PIF file for your program.
>
> --
> Robert Riebisch
> Bitte NUR in der Newsgroup antworten!
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Thanks Robert, I recognise the term *.pif but have no recollection of
what they are, how to create or use one.
Can you expand please.

I have also started using the Free Pascal Compiler which is OK but
seems to struggle ounder Vista on my laptop, any thoughts?

Best wishes,
Jim

#4 03-25-2008, 05:06 AM

Jim wrote:

> Thanks Robert, I recognise the term *.pif but have no recollection of
> what they are, how to create or use one.
> Can you expand please.

Just forget my comment. I guess this will not work as expected, because
of graphics mode. Windows' DOS emulation hooks video BIOS interrupt
(10h) and looks for certain stuff. Encountering a switch to some
graphics mode will (always?) give you full screen. AFAIK it also depends
on your graphics card's driver/BIOS.

> I have also started using the Free Pascal Compiler which is OK but
> seems to struggle ounder Vista on my laptop, any thoughts?

"struggle" is a very bad error description.

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#5 03-25-2008, 06:03 AM

On 2008-03-25, Jim <wandana@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I have also started using the Free Pascal Compiler which is OK but
> seems to struggle ounder Vista on my laptop, any thoughts?

What is the bugnumber for this in the tracker
(http://mantis.freepascal.org/my_view_page.php ) ?

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