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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 is playing striptease
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.042535.7385@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Aug27.120803.1369@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:25:35 GMT
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- Jonathan Edwards (jedwards@ms.uky.edu) wrote:
- > nmiller@starbase.trincoll.edu (norman miller) writes:
- > >When I click on one of the migrated DOS applications such
- > >as Word Perfect, the screen goes blank, a brief DOS command
- > >line flashes on for a moment and -- back to the OS/2 icons.
- > >Pretty as they are, I was hoping for something more.
- >
- > >Any advice?
- >
- > I've seen things like this happen if the DOS application fails
- > for some reason. You might try opening the settings for the application
- > in question and tell it to run in a fullscreen session rather than in a
- > window. The error message might hang around longer then...
-
- Or change the close on exit setting in the Session section to no. This will
- leave the window there with the last output from the program.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-