Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Size of DOS window Message-ID: Date: 10 Oct 90 18:03:38 GMT References: <69220003@hpl-opus.HP.COM> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: na Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 20 knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) writes: >I have learned how to run a DOS shell in a window by first creating >a PIF file. Seems to work OK. The trouble is, that when I maximize the >window, it fills the screen completely from left to right (actually it >is slightly too big) but it only covers half the screen from top to >bottom. Is there any way to increase the size of the window in the >y-direction? Also, when the window is created, it is fairly small. I >would like it to start bigger. I don't see any parameters in the PIF >file to address this. I believe you need to do an , then Settings, then select Full Screen. I don't believe there's a way to specify window size or location for DOS apps. Maybe in 3.1 if we beg loud enough... -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future