Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!ousrvr!ousrvr!osy From: osy@stekt.oulu.fi (Otso Sakari Yl|nen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: DOS in a window problems Message-ID: Date: 12 Oct 90 15:21:31 GMT References: <8966@fy.sei.cmu.edu> Sender: news@ousrvr.oulu.fi Organization: University of Oulu, Dept. of EE, Finland Lines: 32 In-reply-to: jjs@sei.cmu.edu's message of 10 Oct 90 15:27:39 GM I've been having similar kinds of problems with my old ATI VIP VGA as Jeffrey Stewart. I've also got error messages like "You cannot run this application while other high resolution applications are running on the foreground." (I wrote the message by heart - it may not be exactly right.). They appear when I doubleclick on an iconized DOS application which is set running on the background. Besides that, the application actually doesn't run on background and if it's iconized the icon starts blinking after a while. It seems to be possible to have an EGA DOS program running in a window in my configuration but normal textual applications won't work. And some programs can only be *shown* in a window but *not run*. For example, it's possible to show a Word Perfect graphic picture in a window but it's not possible to give any commands to WP while in a window. And again, it's not possible to run WP in text mode in a window. I think I've tested all combinations of the PIF display options without any improvement. My equipment: Hauppauge 386-16 5 Megs of RAM ATI VIP VGA in IBM analog mode Quadram analog/digital monitor in analog mode The monitor gives VGA while in analog mode and only EGA while in digital mode. _______________________________________________________________________________ Otso Yl|nen Liisantie 1 H 30 e-mail: osy@stekt.oulu.fi SF-90560 Oulu Nokia vax-mail: oylonen@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi Finland tel. +358 (9)81 340 904 office: +358 (9)81 500 131