01-18-2005, 09:06 PM
na_th_an: I apologize for coming across as annoyed! I just don't have the correct knack for expressing myself properly, many times. I am NOT annoyed, just chagrined because I don't understand things people reply to me. Having said this:
I don't know what other MSDOS programs I might have. I do have an old Norton "huge editor" called ne.exe. Hey, I tried it in my XP, and, it opens as a window for an instant, then minimizes!
Next, I tried QW.EXE (QuiteWrite, from Parson Technology, C 1988). It seems to work fine as a window, but, when I pressed Alt+Enter, it maximized for a few seconds, then went back to a window, identically as my QB does!
I now understand what and why you wrote about MS Word not being a DOS program. But, I just thought that any program written before Windows 2000 was a DOS program. I now see that I was ignorant-and still may be. My understanding now is that a DOS program is one written BEFORE Windows, when ONLY DOS was the operating system. I was confused. Since all my old programs ran so well in Windows 98, I thought that they were running under DOS. And, they may well have been, since I think that those Windows operating systems were still supporting DOS totally. But, that doesn't make them, automatically, DOS programs, I now understand.
So, I tried the next step you had recommeded, editing the properties of _DEFAULT.PIF. I did a Search for that file, and got only _DEFAULT, a shortcut. I opened its properties, and it points to _DEFAULT.BAT. I did a Search for _*.bat, and got nothing. I did notice that, in all cases, Search is "Not looking in hidden files and folders". Maybe that's why I can't find *DEFAULT.PIF? How can I make Search look in the hidden files and folders?
I did open QuickBASIC's properties and checked the Background's "Always suspend" checkbox, but that didn't help.
na-th-an, I am willing to try whatever you suggest, so, please continue to try to help and bear me.
I don't know what other MSDOS programs I might have. I do have an old Norton "huge editor" called ne.exe. Hey, I tried it in my XP, and, it opens as a window for an instant, then minimizes!
Next, I tried QW.EXE (QuiteWrite, from Parson Technology, C 1988). It seems to work fine as a window, but, when I pressed Alt+Enter, it maximized for a few seconds, then went back to a window, identically as my QB does!
I now understand what and why you wrote about MS Word not being a DOS program. But, I just thought that any program written before Windows 2000 was a DOS program. I now see that I was ignorant-and still may be. My understanding now is that a DOS program is one written BEFORE Windows, when ONLY DOS was the operating system. I was confused. Since all my old programs ran so well in Windows 98, I thought that they were running under DOS. And, they may well have been, since I think that those Windows operating systems were still supporting DOS totally. But, that doesn't make them, automatically, DOS programs, I now understand.
So, I tried the next step you had recommeded, editing the properties of _DEFAULT.PIF. I did a Search for that file, and got only _DEFAULT, a shortcut. I opened its properties, and it points to _DEFAULT.BAT. I did a Search for _*.bat, and got nothing. I did notice that, in all cases, Search is "Not looking in hidden files and folders". Maybe that's why I can't find *DEFAULT.PIF? How can I make Search look in the hidden files and folders?
I did open QuickBASIC's properties and checked the Background's "Always suspend" checkbox, but that didn't help.
na-th-an, I am willing to try whatever you suggest, so, please continue to try to help and bear me.
Ralph, using QuickBASIC 4.5 and Windows XP Home Edition and Service Pack 2, with HP LaserJet 4L printer.
