Windows 7

Richard Kreiss rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
Wed Dec 15 12:58:28 PST 2010


Full screen for filePro:

One of my client's is legally blind; although he still has more vision the
John has.  He needs filePro to be as large as possible and tends to have his
monitor set to standard VGA.  Even in a window, he has problems at this
setting.  As of now his solution is to log into his computer using GoToMyPC,
opening fp in w window on the primary computer and then enlarging the image
on the guest computer.  This works for him.

One other thing to mention, the rectangular monitors being sold today can
have larger diagonal dimensions then older flat panels but their vertical
size is smaller.  So, if one were able to open fp full screen, it would be a
smaller "full screen" as the vertical height would be smaller.

In comparing flat panel TV's to an older tube model, to get the same or
similar vertical height as a 25" set, one would need at least a 37" new set.
Just something to think about the next time you are considering a new
monitor or flat panel TV.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
  



> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Brian K. White
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 2:15 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Windows 7
> 
> On 12/15/2010 9:19 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> 
> > Not to mention that it appears that you need to install Cygwin first,
> > in order for it to run.
> 
> No there's a mingw/msys version of mintty, nice stand-alone executable.
> 
> > Seems like a lot of work just to be able to run a console window
> > (though not all console apps) "full screen".
> 
> Oh agreed.
> 
> > But, if you're up to the challenge, take a took at , and add the code
> > needed to go "full screen" while keeping the same row/column count. At
> > least that program runs console apps as expected.
> 
> Aha now that does look like just the thing.
> 
> >> Looks like XP mode, or an XP video driver are your least-bad options.
> >
> > I would call "use the largest font that still fits 80x25 on the screen"
> > to be the "least bad" option.
> 
> There is an implied "...to get what you want", since the whole point of
the
> question was specifically the difference between maximized window and
> full-screen-no-window. The starting point was already beyond "select a big
> font to make the window bigger".
> 
> But I'd agree that in _practical_ terms you should just give up wanting
that
> feature any more and live without.
> 
> --
> bkw
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