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Richard Davey

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Posted: 23rd Jan 2007 23:15 Link

Hi all,

I've been having some real fun coding in DB since building some demo progs for the new release. But one thing that constantly annoys me is the way that when you run a DB program to test it, on return to Windows again, all of your windows get really screwed up into a 640x480 size ball. So if I have Photoshop open making graphics for a DB program, then run it, when it comes back Photoshop and all of its dialogs have been resized into 640x480 - which is SO annoying it's untrue!

Does anyone know a work-around for this?

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 01:07 Edited at: 24th Jan 2007 01:07 Link

well what i do is minimize all applications before testing stuff in dbc, and it does not bother me because when i have finished doing something in for example flstudio i just minimize it and when i need to do something more i maximize it again and minimize it when not using.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 01:23 Link

Nah, it doesn't work. I've tried that many times and it makes no difference. When I do DB coding I just have to close everything else down first.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 01:37 Link

Quote: "Nah, it doesn't work."

really? it does seem to work when i do it

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 01:44 Link

I don't get that problem at all - whether I minimize windows before or not!

Out of curiosity, what editor (IDE) are you using?

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 01:50 Link

I use the default DB IDE because it got so annoying, that way I can just close everything, go into the IDE, work, run, work, run and it doesn't touch my desktop.

If I use Dark Edit (or any other Windows based editor) this problem happens.

I'm on a wide-screen display (1680x1050). Running DB apps also screw with dual-monitor set-ups here. I got Mike to run some test EXEs on his PC and they killed his 2nd monitor when it quit back to Windows and it needed setting up again.

I'm telling you, there's definitely *something* wrong with it somewhere.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 02:18 Link

Quote: "I'm telling you, there's definitely *something* wrong with it somewhere"

I tend to agree, but I think it's with Windows (DirectX?) rather than DB - for a change!

I have a dual 19" FST system and on very rare occasions, I get the 'cannot support this mode' message on the second monitor. I ignore it and the next time the DB program is run it corrects itself.

I was under the impression that when DX initialises, a Windows call minimised any open windows then restored them afterwards.

If it doesn't then you would assume that either DX is screwing up (maybe an incompatibility between DX9 and DX7/8 that DBC was designed to work with), or there's a setting in Windows which you have set differently to me.

TDK_Man

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Posted: 24th Jan 2007 03:09 Edited at: 12th Aug 2010 10:08 Link

Rich,

Hmmm, It sounds like when DB exits, it's releasing the surfaces in the wrong order. You might be able to circumvent this by deleting your media manually, prior to exit.

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Posted: 29th Jan 2007 05:20 Link

Like TDK I don't get that problem at all.

I use DarkEdit, Win XP SP2 and Win 98 SE.

If I had that problem I would have complained long ago.

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Posted: 29th Jan 2007 06:59 Link

Quote: "Hmmm, It sounds like when DB exits, it's releasing the surfaces in the wrong order. You might be able to circumvent this by deleting your media manually prior to exit."

Sadly it had no effect. I used to code in DBC quite happily in 95, 98 and Win2k, even XP was fine to start with, but something happened (quite a while ago), perhaps a DX change, or a video card driver change, because DBC sure as hell hasn't changed, but it does it consistently now.

Quote: "If I had that problem I would have complained long ago."

It's DB Classic. Complaints are irrelevant. The source was archived a LONG time ago, and will *never* be updated. Ever.

Anyway this issue is moot now as I've moved to Vista and have yet to install DBC as I'm not sure it'll even run at all.

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Posted: 29th Jan 2007 13:45 Link

"long aqo" meant I would have complained back when it mattered.

My feeling is that it's a video driver which is causing the problem.

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Posted: 31st Jan 2007 06:22 Link

I've been using DBC on WindowsXP and I don't experience this problem. I almost always run applications in Windowed mode, rather than full screen, so perhaps there is your workaround.

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Posted: 1st Feb 2007 06:39 Edited at: 1st Feb 2007 06:43 Link

@Richard Davey:

I'm not sure if this will help or even applies (Windows 98), but I noticed that when I use DarkEdit, and I open another windows application (especially internet explorer), whenever I run the DBC script and then return to windows, a "fake" application exists on the taskbar without a name. If I click on it, it will disappear - but something is happening that is causing that resource to be triggered.

I noticed a similar thing happening when I used the WIN API to create a menu in a DBC window. Depending on how I use GetMessageA and DispatchMessageA, a new hwnd is returned in struct MSG every time I click on a menu item.

typedef struct {

HWND hwnd;

UINT message;

WPARAM wParam;

LPARAM lParam;

DWORD time;

POINT pt;

} MSG, *PMSG;

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typedef struct {

HWND hwnd;

UINT message;

WPARAM wParam;

LPARAM lParam;

DWORD time;

POINT pt;

} MSG, *PMSG;

One other thing to maybe consider would be any of the DBC ini settings. Maybe one of those is causing some trouble? The ExternalEditor perhaps? Or maybe even the winsizex and winsizey. Maybe they are resetting all of your other windows inadvertently.

[SETTINGS]

TextLanguage=English

TextLanguage-Charset=1

HelpLanguage=English

HelpLanguage-Charset=1

HelpFontSize=0

ExternalEditor=None

blitflipmode=1

vbcreate=0

vbusage=0

3doverlay=0

runtimetest=1

tracemode=0

windowmode=0

popupoff=0

; Test and Trace Settings

; ----------------

; runtimetest: 0=simple error reporting / 1=advanced error reporting

; tracemode: 0=no trace information / 1=produce trace files

; Compatabilitiy Settings

; ----------------

; windowmode: 0=no window / 1=run in window

; blitoverdraw : 0=normal / 1=Draw All 2D twice

; blitflipmode : 0=double videomem flip / 1=blit to video memory

; runtimetest : 0=no extra error data / 1=produce extra error data

; vbcreate : 0=normal / 1=WriteOnly / 2=No Clip / 3=[1]+[2] / 4=SystemMem

; vbusage : 0=normal / 1=Wait / 2=WriteOnly and Wait / 3=SurfaceMem and Wait

; 3doverlay : 0=normal / 1=Utilize ZBuffer Clear for overlapped 3D rendering

; StartUp Settings

; ----------------

; Use a SETUP.INI file with the [STARTUP] keys below to

; control the initial state of your application:-

; eg. window=1 will start your app in a window

[STARTUP]

window=0

winposx=0

winposy=0

winsizex=640

winsizey=480

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[SETTINGS]

TextLanguage=English

TextLanguage-Charset=1

HelpLanguage=English

HelpLanguage-Charset=1

HelpFontSize=0

ExternalEditor=None

blitflipmode=1

vbcreate=0

vbusage=0

3doverlay=0

runtimetest=1

tracemode=0

windowmode=0

popupoff=0

; Test and Trace Settings

; ----------------

; runtimetest: 0=simple error reporting / 1=advanced error reporting

; tracemode: 0=no trace information / 1=produce trace files

; Compatabilitiy Settings

; ----------------

; windowmode: 0=no window / 1=run in window

; blitoverdraw : 0=normal / 1=Draw All 2D twice

; blitflipmode : 0=double videomem flip / 1=blit to video memory

; runtimetest : 0=no extra error data / 1=produce extra error data

; vbcreate : 0=normal / 1=WriteOnly / 2=No Clip / 3=[1]+[2] / 4=SystemMem

; vbusage : 0=normal / 1=Wait / 2=WriteOnly and Wait / 3=SurfaceMem and Wait

; 3doverlay : 0=normal / 1=Utilize ZBuffer Clear for overlapped 3D rendering

; StartUp Settings

; ----------------

; Use a SETUP.INI file with the [STARTUP] keys below to

; control the initial state of your application:-

; eg. window=1 will start your app in a window

[STARTUP]

window=0

winposx=0

winposy=0

winsizex=640

winsizey=480

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Posted: 1st Feb 2007 07:07 Link

Latch, that "fake application" only happens when you exit a DBC program while in full screen. Upon exiting from a windowed mode, the taskbar tab does not remain.

Maybe this information will help in the understanding.

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Posted: 7th Feb 2007 01:21 Link

Hi Richard,

I had a simular experiance when using dark edit. it would move all my icons on the desktop to another position (to where it would fit withing a 640x480 screen ) as far as a work around goes I only had that problem when my screen was in a higher resolution than the programs default(640x480) So I would suggest as a work around that you use the set the display mode command and set it to 1680x1050 so that it doesn't use the default and screw things up as I noticed that when I had set the program I was working on to use the same display as my screen that it no longer done this. perhaps this will work for you as well.

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