From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
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Subject: Re: Rhide 1.3 and 1.4
Date: 6 Jan 1998 00:23:48 GMT
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In article <19980105012100 DOT UAA09066 AT ladder01 DOT news DOT aol DOT com>, qball1723 AT aol DOT com
(QBall1723) writes:

>>hau wrote:
>> 
>> I don't know how to fix the problem
>>when Rhide cannot return to windows
>> or dos if I lick on "DOS Shell" or
>>"Exit".  The only thing I get is the
>> multicolors sreen and have to reboot
>>the computer.
>
>You need to make sure that the Dos will continue to run in
>the Wind95
>env.  To do that, put a line "c:\command.com /k " and rhide.exe
>dir. or
>a bat file that connect to dir of rhide.exe like
>"c:\djpgg\bin\rhide" or
>"c:\mybatfile.bat"
>I think this is a little trick I
>do to run rhide.
>
>
>
>Great tip! I'll use that...
>
>... but what about Hau's
>licking problem?

I think I might know something for the licking problem: use a Windows shortcut
to set up a DOS environment especially for programming.  This is a very
flexible way to use DOS from Windows.

First you use Windows Explorer; go to the "\windows\start menu" directory, then
right click.  Select "create new shortcut."  Make the shortcut point to
\windows\command.com.  Then finish up.  

When you're done, right click on the shortcut (still in the Windows Explorer.) 
Select properties.  Now select the "program" tab.  There you can set the
"working directory" to wherever you like as your startup directory.  You can
specify in "batch file" a batch file that has configuration info you'd like. 
(e.g. set lfn=y) ...Or DOS stuff you don't need in Windows, like DOSKEY
/INSERT.  

Here's something you might be interested in: often when changing from
full-screen DOS to Windows & back, video drivers can get confused.  When that
happens, your screen will look warped or, as you said, like just a bunch of
funny colors.  A great way to get around that problem is to use a maximized
_window_ instead of running DOS full-screen.

Still on the program tab of the shortcut's properties, select "maximized" from
the drop down menu in the run field.  Make sure "close on exit" is checked. 
Then click the "screen" tab.  There, under usage, you can specify to use 43
lines if you like.  That works well for me, anyway.  But make sure that
"window" is selected and not "full-screen."

Theoretically, you can change between a window and full-screen by pressing
ALT-enter, but that can cause trouble.

--Ed (Myknees)