"Vincent" <vincent.howell@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1140484041.912026.125370@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I'm sorry if this is a little OT, but I've posted this on the Open
> Watcom user group but still haven't gotten any replies. It is like they
> are ignoring me. Maybe there is Open Watcom users here who knows...
>
> I'm trying to figure out how I can build a Cause Way extended DOS
> program using Open Watcom C v1.4 that starts up in a DOS prompt on
> Windows rather than full-screen. In older commercial Watcom C/C++
> compilers, this would only happen when a program enters pixel
> video-modes. But now it seems this will also occur in text video-modes
> and requires me to press "Alt+Enter" to toggle to the windowed mode.
> Changing the program properties to startup in a windowed mode has no
> effect.
>
> Is there anyway I can tell the compiler to build a DOS program that
> does not switch to full-screen unless absolutly necessary, like it did
> with pre-Open Watcom 1.0?[/color]
Vincent, I don't see any posts from you on openwatcom.contributors or
openwatcom.users.c_cpp. They run a dedicated newserver for their groups.
Perhaps, you want point your newsreader directly to
www.openwatcom.org ?
I'm using an earlier version of OW and not on XP. I'm not seeing that
problem with my OW programs. I do have one OW program which attempts to
switch the monitor resolution but it always ends up in a DosBox...
Michal Necasek and "friends" are not fond of the fact the OW supports DOS.
Getting any help them in that area can be difficult. They are mostly
interested in supporting commercial clients who use OW, compatibility with
MS compilers, usage under OS/2, the C++ STL, WxWidgets, and mild interest in
Linux.
Sorry,
Rod Pemberton
