I work on AREV 3.12 applications on an NT desktop on an NT network. I have a 17" monitor. I've been using the 25 line window forever but I've just been shown how to expand my window to 50 lines. That is great but I have space above and below my AREV window on my desktop. 50 lines seems to be the limit. Is there any way to go beyond the 50 line window?

I copied my .BAT and .INI files and gave them different names. I've worked with the copies only. I then went into an AREV aplication, to the system menu and selected menu items, UTILITIES, CONFIGURE, WORKSTATION, DISPLAY, ENVIROMENT. Up came a data entry window that was entitled "VIDEO DISPLAY PARAMETERS". I changed the setting from DEFAULT to VGA50. That got me to the desktop window to show 50 lines. When I edited my .INI file to change the 50 to 75, nothing happened when I went back into the application. 50 lines seems to be the max at this point.

Is there any way to have more than 50 lines displayed in my desktop window for this application? If so how and where do I make the changes? I'd like to take full advantage of my monitors display capabilities.

Thanks,

Michael Slack

Don't think so, if I remember correctly. That used to be the max for VGA in DOS mode when AREV was written. I think the max is hard-coded into the program.

Don M.

Have you considered using a dual-head display adapter like the Matrox G550? I've got two monitors (19" and 17") hooked up and usually have two Arev sessions open, one on each monitor. You can also size a window so it will run from one monitor to the other, but I haven't tried that with Arev. Basically, the G550 gives you the ability to have a single desktop stretching across two monitors.

Matrox also makes a triple-head display called the Parhelia but it is more expensive. The G550 is about $115 at CDW.

I hadn't really thought of a dual monitor setup. The way I tend to work, I really don't need a second monitor. I was hoping to maximize my AREV desktop window on the monitor I got. Going from 25 lines to 50 lines is great but I was hoping to squeeze out a few more lines so that the window would go from the top of the monitor to the bottom. If I can't then I can't.

Thanks,

Michael Slack

I have successfully set up my monitor to 60 lines. I don't remember if I was able to exceed that. Two things need to happen: 1st - you must set the monitor to go into the right mode. Next you must set @crtmaxhigh to match the height of the screen. I think I did the former using one of the old Norton utilities, but it may have simply been a .COM program provided with the monitor driver. Check to see if you have such a DOS utility for your monitor.

Horizontal size is hardcoded to 80 characters, so, while you can put the monitor in a 132 column mode if you have it, Arev will misbehave and assume the lines are at 80 columns.

Hey, after living with 25 lines for all these years, 50 should be MORE than enough!

I don't know how I EVER wrote any code with just 25 lines visible. But resist any temptation to actually design windows that use more than the standard number of lines - remember some users may only have smaller screens, or actually prefer the 25-line window. I use a dynamic toggle on my main menu to switch from 25 into 50 line mode at the whim of the user, and an initialise call on any multi-page windows to "resize" themselves to make maximum use of available space.

The routines aren't bulletproof, but if you're interested in taking a look drop me a line at cchristie@spila.com

Cameron

View this thread on the forum...