Re: Windowed DOS application screen not clearing/refreshing

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I am not trying to solve your probably unsolvable problem with XP.
Many DOS applications simply will not run under an XP Command Prompt.
Hopeless, really. The Command Prompt emulates DOS to a certain extent
only. It IS not DOS. None of my extended DOS32 applications will run.
But some of them DO run under a Vista bèta.
The best advice I can give [your client] is:
Find someone who allows you to test your program on his Vista (bèta)
machine.
If it runs without problems, either get hold of a Vista bèta yourself
or wait until January when it will be released officially.
Or, find a cheap secondhand computer with good old Windows-98. (My
solution for the time being.)


Kind regards,

Rob.



On 16 Nov 2006 14:23:40 -0800, paul@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

As Vista is not commercially available until January of next year, I
appreciate your advice, but fail to see how it helps me resolve the
issue at hand.

Thanks for trying though!



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