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- Interchess version 2.1.6
- Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Henry Wrightson
- All Rights Reserved
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- One of the main resons for my changing Interchess from shareware to freeware
- was the number of outstanding, insoluable issues which make it unsaleable. If
- its free nobody can complain about the fact that it doesn't work in all cases.
-
- This document details the problems that I have encountered and in all cases
- the solution is somewhat irregular and in many cases not suitable to everyones
- taste.
-
-
-
- ISSUE 1
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- Because of the graphical nature of the user interface and the way in
- which Visual Basic compensates for the user changing the font size in the
- display properties control panel, (it simply scales the window and all it's
- controls), if you do not have the font size set to Small Fonts, (Normal - 96
- dpi), all the window graphics will appear to be too small and in the case of
- the main chess board, the window will not fit on the screen at 800x600.
- This is a major problem and I am as yet unable to fix it so the only solution
- is to prevent Interchess from running unless Windows font size is set to
- Small Fonts. If it is not, you will be warned when you run Interchess and
- it will not run.
-
- If you get an error message refering you to this issue you can change the font
- size to Small Fonts by following these steps;
- 1) Click the Windows Start button and select Settings and then Control
- Panel.
- 2) Double click on the Display control panel
- 3) In the Display Properties dialog selec the Settings tab and click the
- Advanced... button
- 4) From the Font Size drop down list, select Small Fonts.
- 5) Click Ok and Ok again. You will then be asked to reboot.
-
- The downside of changing from large fonts to small fonts is that all windows
- objects will appear a little smaller than before. If you are running a 15"
- monitor at a high resolution, (1024x768), things may get to small to see, so
- can I take this oppertunity to suggest you change your screen resolution to
- 800x600, a much more sencible resoltion for a 15" monitor. You can always
- make the fonts appear bigger by going to Appearance tab of the Display
- Properties dialog and changing the fonts for everything.
-
- I'm sorry this solution requires changing something you will have got used to
- but I cannot figure out another fix.
-
-
- ISSUE 2
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- Load time can sometimes be a little long. For various mail transport type
- reasons, it can sometimes take a hand full of seconds before there is
- any evidence that Interchess is launching. This is caused by attempts to
- establish a connection with the Windows mail subsystem. Basically, if it
- is a little slow to run, give it 30 seconds before desiding that it has
- crashed.
-
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- 4th September, 1999
- Henry Wrightson
- Interchess@HenryWrightson.In2Home.co.uk
- Interchess@HappyValley.Screaming.net
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