screen flicker problem

[Bob Rasmussen]

I have a couple more vague hints, based on my understanding of what's 
going on behind the scenes in Windows 7.

1) Bring up the Control Panel, then System. See the numeric "Windows 
Experience Index". Click on the link. You'll see a rating for "Desktop 
performance for Windows Aero" and a "3D business and gaming graphics 
performance". I would think the former would be most applicable. This will 
at least be a point of comparison between machines.

2) Windows 7 can optionally build graphics windows offscreen (in memory), 
and the "blt" them to screen hardware. This MIGHT be related to the "Aero" 
feature. (Another visible effect of Aero is seen by doing WindowKey-Tab, 
like doing Alt-Tab; Aero gives a 3D, semitransparent effect.) My thinking 
goes like this: If the graphics is slow, and Aero is on, it might be sped 
up by turning the Aero feature off. I believe there is a way to do this, 
but I don't know where right now. 

3) If you go to search the web for solutions, remember, filePro is NOT a 
DOS application it is a "console application".

Hope this helps.

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Bob wrote:

> I'm guessing this is an issue with screen stuff since they can reduce the 
> window size (not resolution) and eliminate the problem.  At least that's 
> what I'm told.
> 
> Dosen't matter.  I'm due to go onsite in a couple of weeks so maybe I can 
> figure something out.
> 
> Thanks everyone....
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Kreiss" <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net>
> To: "'Bob'" <roberth at sim-soft.com>; "'fplist'" 
> <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:18 PM
> Subject: RE: screen flicker problem
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >> -----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 Bob
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:56 PM
> >> To: fplist
> >> Subject: screen flicker problem
> >>
> >> I've got a client that's running filepro in a window network with a
> > mixture of
> >> windows xp and windows 7.  The server is windows 2003 runing fp 5.0.
> >>
> >> They just recently upgraded some of their xp units to windows 7.  On
> >> windows 7 the screen flickers a lot in the filepro app.  It does not do 
> >> so
> > with
> >> every keystroke but maybe every 2nd or 3rd keystroke cause the flicker.
> >>
> >> I've had them turn off the virus software, temporarily, to see if it
> > helped.
> >> Nope.  They can resize the screen input size to a much smaller size and
> > not
> >> see this problem........didn't get the details on that.
> >>
> >> Has anyone seen this?  Any ideas?
> >
> > What version of Windows 7 are they using?
> >
> > I have Win 7 pro 32 bit laptop and Win 7 64 bit Ultimate desktop HP with a
> > pair of 23" HP LED monitors and I am not having any problems.
> >
> > I have a client with HP desktops running win 7 pro.  They are having a
> > problem in that values entered into dummy fields using the numeric keypad
> > are not visible.  A dummy field that holds a lookup up value does flash on
> > screen then disappears.
> >
> > I have not had a chance to work out this problem yet.  My feeling this is 
> > an
> > issue other than with filePro and Win 7.
> >
> >
> > Richard Kreiss
> > GCC Consulting
> > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> 
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