Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.apps:2304 comp.windows.ms:14064 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!siemens!demon!jrv From: jrv@demon.siemens.com (James R Vallino) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Windows Problems (Was: Windows USELESS with MSDOS 5.0!!!) Message-ID: <64050@siemens.siemens.com> Date: 24 Jun 91 12:41:00 GMT References: <1991Jun23.053123.6201@deadzone.uucp> Sender: news@siemens.siemens.com Reply-To: jrv@demon.siemens.com Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.apps Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. Lines: 29 In article <1991Jun23.053123.6201@deadzone.uucp> briang@deadzone.uucp (Brian Greenberg) writes: >In article ole@edb.tih.no (Ole Nymoen) writes: >> >>To copy text to the clipboard you >>simply mark the text area (block marking with the mouse) and presses return. >>The DOS-program have to be in a window. You can switch between full screen >>and window mode with alt-return. > >But don't certain DOS-programs prohibit themselves from running in a Window? >I can't think of a definite example right off the top of my head, but I seem >to remember having trouble with Lotus 1-2-3 and other similar software. You can still paste to a full screen DOS application. Cut the material from the Windows application to the clipboard as described. At this point the full screen DOS application will be minimized. Single click on its icon. The menu which appears will have Paste as an item. When you select this option the DOS application will be given the focus, i.e. brought full screen, and the clipboard text will be entered at the cursor location. With some full screen DOS applications you can also go the other way. Hitting Prt-Sc (or maybe it's Shift Prt-Sc) will copy all text from the display to the clipboard. -- Jim Vallino Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ jrv@demon.siemens.com princeton!siemens!demon!jrv (609) 734-3331