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From: strobl@gmdzi.UUCP (Wolfgang Strobl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: EGA-res programs in V86 windows?
Message-ID: <2989@gmdzi.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jul 90 22:55:19 GMT
References: <605@cvbnetPrime.COM> <1990Jul3.173656.18045@world.std.com>
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany
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goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl) writes:

>In article <605@cvbnetPrime.COM> jshekhel@feds19.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel ) writes:
>>
>>Hello.  Does anyone know whether it's possible to run an EGA-resolution
>>program in a window under Windows 3.0/386?  I can run CGA programs fine,
>>but whenever I try to run an EGA program in a window, I get the message,
>>
>>		"You cannot run this program while
>>		 other high-resoluation applications
>>		 are running fullscreen..."

>It is not possible to run a standard dos application which does graphics in
>a window, as far as I know.  The only way I know of to run a dos graphics
>application under windows is to run it full screen.  (If someone else knows
>how to do this, I'd also be interested.)

It IS possible to run standard dos applications which do graphics in 
a window, if these applications use the CGA resolution.

Wolfgang Strobl