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Re: Running Executor Under Windows



>>>>> "John" == John Hess <johnhess@cris.com> writes:

    John> I know (from the messages) that some of you have been
    John> running Executor under Windows 3.1x.  I have tried several
    John> methods of doing so, but with I ALT-Tab to another desktop
    John> operation, I can't get back to Executor.  The screen is
    John> screwed up when I try to ALT-Tab back and I am unable to do
    John> anything but quit it.  Is there any way to make the page
    John> stay up properly and be able to switch back to it?  If so,
    John> what are your Windows PIF settings?

That doesn't work at ARDI under Win3.1 either.  I think Win3.1 doesn't
know how to save video state for SuperVGA video modes.  Microsoft
seems to have fixed this in Win95.

One test you could try is "executor -bpp 1" and see if you can switch
back and forth in 1 bit graphics mode.  That will just use an
old-style plain VGA mode that Win3.1 might know about.

I have added a "-vga" option for the next release of Executor that
will constrain Executor to only use old-style VGA modes.  That will
limit you to 640x480 with 16 colors, but may let you do things like
hotkey back and forth under Win3.1.

-Mat


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