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WaterGate
Message processor for FidoNet & Internet/Usenet
Get Video Mode program
(c) Copyright 1993-1996 Waterline Software Development
All Rights Reserved
The small program getvideo.exe finds the select code for the
currently active video mode. You can then set the resulting number
in the VIDEO environment variable and the WaterGate programs will
switch to that video mode when you start them.
You don't need this if you always use the same video mode, but only
if you (for example) use 25 lines and want the WaterGate programs
to use 30 or 43 lines.
This way you can let WtrGate, WtrUtil and WtrTest use the extra
screen lines for the logfile. WtrConf uses the extra space to unfold
the editor screens and expand the lists.
To find the video mode selection code, you have to set your video
card so it uses that video mode. Most video cards come with a
support diskette that holds a program that you can use to select
an other video mode.
After you have run that program, you run getvideo.exe to find the
selection code. You write it down.
Now you have to make sure that the VIDEO environment variable is
set when you start wtrgate.exe or wtrutil.exe. You can do it in
your autoexec.bat file or in a batchfile that start wtrgate.exe,
for example. You have to add a line like this:
SET VIDEO=3
Where 3 is the video mode selection code. You can try some of the
numbers yourself. If you have a VGA card, you can set it to 7,
which is the standard code for monochrome video mode. All other
codes depend on the video card bios.
The WaterGate programs always restores the old video mode when you
exit the program.
Ramon
ramon@wsd.wline.se