From:	Regis BOSSUT <bossut AT isen DOT fr>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Q: How to programmatically set a dos window to full screen ?
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:29:21 +0200
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> 
> You must have found Yet Another Windows Bug (copyright 1995 Microsoft
> Inc.) :-)
> 
> I have copied a two-meg 1280x1024x256 image to the clipboard from a
> fractal app and pasted it into Microsoft Word without so much as a
> screwed-up pixel. Either the bug is in Windows (if you used
> print-screen)
> or the bug is in your screen capture app (if you used one). I have
> copied
> a 640x480x256 screen using Paintshop Pro's screen capture function
> without difficulty.

I used Print-Screen. Could it be some kind of Bios bug ?

About int 0x2f with ax = 0x168b and bx = 0 :
> And what does it do in DOS? If it's ignored, good. If it blows the
> computer's brains out all over your screen from the inside, then you'd
> better not use it without detecting Windows first using allegro's
> "i_love_bill" variable or another well-documented interrupt for
> detecting windows.

I didn't mention about detecting Windows first, as it was evident to me.
However, I didn't test it under DOS or WinNT. Should I ?... :-)

/Régis

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