Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!mintaka!ogicse!zephyr.ens.tek.com!vice!bobb From: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Help: I can't use EGA or VGA BGI while inside of TP6.0 Message-ID: <7215@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> Date: 3 Apr 91 16:43:52 GMT References: <31906@shamash.cdc.com> Reply-To: bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 23 In article <31906@shamash.cdc.com> mpe@shamash.cdc.com (Mike Ebsen) writes: >Help, my new Turbo Pascal compiler influences the selection of .BGI files >that my programs may select with the DetectGraph function. The highest >allowable mode, while running a file from the ALT-R menu, is CGA >640x200 mono with only one video page. > >My compiler is presently set with the following options: > Options\Environment\Startup\Dual_monitor_support Set ^ Just a guess, but this might be the culprit. | Dual monitor support is tricky. The Turbo Pascal documentation states that you are only allowed to use those modes not supported on your primary monitor for the second monitor. You may be running into a conflict of interests. But be warned; I have never tried this and am only guessing. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Bob Beauchaine bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM C: The language that combines the power of assembly language with the flexibility of assembly language.