[Ham-Computers] RE: W2K DOS App Window Sizing

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

What you're looking for is a "screen scaling" option.  Scaling can be
handled two different ways - either by the monitor, or by the video card.
Not all monitors support scaling, but most mainstream and high-performance
video cards do (esp ones based on Nvidia or ATI chipsets).

Check the monitor's manual or on-board control panel and see if a scaling
option is available.  Also check your video card's "Advanced" options to
check for the same.  The quality of scaling is dependent on the scaling
routine, so one or the other's scaling might look better - choose the one
that looks best to you.

Caveat...the video card's scaling routine might only be available through
the video driver...this means that there's no scaling until the driver loads
(after the OS loads).  Most video cards today don't have DOS based drivers,
so if the monitor doesn't support scaling, you may be SOL.  Laptops often
have a BIOS setting for video scaling (as motherboard and video are
integrated), but that may only be for the laptop's LCD.

73,

  - Aaron, NN6O


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Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:38 PM
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Subject: [Ham-Computers] W2K DOS App Window Sizing


Group,

Finally found and purchased an LCD flat panel monitor that is just ideal for

TM scanning work.  Called a 21.3" (and probably soon to be a size no one 
makes), usable display width is almost exactly 17" and usable height less
TIFF 
editor overhead slightly greater than 11".  So it will display a B-size
foldout at 
1:1.

However, there is a fly in the ointment.  Scanned pages are at their
sharpest 
when the display parameters are set to 1600x1200, the monitor's basic 
resolution.  But I have several DOS apps, at least one of which I use
several hours 
most days.  The DOS window size appears to be fixed in pixels, apparently.
As 
you run the display resolution up, the window size goes down.  Aside from 
running it full screen, which has several disadvantages, is there any way to

change the window size?

Robert Downs - Houston
<http://www.wa5cab.com> (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
<wa5cab at cs.com> (Primary email)
<wa5cab at houston.rr.com> (Backup email)
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