Bigger

[Bill V.]

Hello
Does anybody who is using Dos Box for the older programs
know how I can make the window a little bigger

Here is yesterdays BC mile winner readouts
on my entropy program

I am showing it with the RDSS screen
for scale I would like the screen to be a little bigger but I can't figure out how to do it

I can work with this or go full screen but
a little bigger window would help

Bill

[For The Lead]

Hi Bill,

First, I do not have "dos box" so there is little I can tell you about that. However, I do have an old dos program, dbaseIV. When I use dbase on Windows XP I can use the program in full screen mode. When I use it in Windows Vista
I cannot. When dbase starts in VISTA I get a warning that VISTA does not support full screen mode for the program I am loading. Perhaps "dos box" has the same issue.

[Bill V.]

Hi FTL
Dos Box will let you use the program in a window
My problem is the window is to small
For my taste I was looking for help
On how to fix this

[For The Lead]

Bill,

What I was trying to say is this, if you are running on WINDOWS VISTA perhaps it is that operating system that is preventing you from making the window larger, DosBox or no DosBox.

As I indicated, my old dos version programs will run in full screen mode on WINDOWS XP but not in WINDOWS VISTA.

What I am saying is, perhaps there is nothing you can do to make the DosBox window larger. I don't know for sure, but if someone comes along with an answer, let me know.

Thanks,
FTL

P.S.-perhaps Ted has some insight

[Bill V.]

I am using windows xp
I know Richie has vista and I think
He can work with dos box
So he sees the old programs in non full screen
Mode

Maybe Ted could help Bill from Brooklyn
Inside joke

[RichieP]

Morning Bill
I get the same thing as you with Dosbox/Vista:
1) the small screen
2) the full screen

I have been trying to find something in between but cant so far

chaos and fractals

[Ted Craven]

There is no Full-screen mode in Windows Vista.

However, try this (for example with Val4, or whatever DOS app you like):

I have created a Shortcut file to Val4 on my Desktop (on the actual Val4.exe file in the Val4 folder, right-click, select Send-To, then Desktop (create shortcut)), which is what I use to access Val4

Open the DOS program (e.g. Val4).
Click on the 'System Icon' in the very upper left-hand corner.
From drop-down menu, choose Properties, then Font Tab.
Select Lucida Console font, then choose size 36
On my 22" desktop monitor, this filled the whole width of the screen. For smaller screens, perhaps font size = 28 (or even smaller) will do.
Click OK to Save and Close the Properties settings
You can now click on the Maximize Icon (upper right-hand group, middle icon) to make the DOS window fill the screen left to right, starting at the top, and (for me) extending about 3/4 way down the screen

Not Full-screen, but shockingly large . And it's still a windowed app, so you can overlay other windows on top of it or do anything you do with other windows.

Ted

[Ted Craven]

I think the foregoing notes about changing font size should also apply to Win XP, and to DosBox (or any DOS app). I don't have DoxBox, but it works the same on an old Win XP computer I have.

Ted

[Bill V.]

Thank you Ted
The "Max" option does the trick.
The Dos box window is the perfect size now.

[winning]

Hi Ted,

How do you return it back to the way it was. I change the font size, and the
program VAl4 didn't work.

Thanks a lot,

Brian