Full Screen Problem

Could anyone please help i am upgrading computers from win 95 to 2000 and i am having difficulty viewing a dos based aplliacation (clipper 5.0) in full screen mode .

Does anyone know how i can rectify this prob to proper full screen as in win95-98

 

Steve's suggestion does put the screen into full size (80 columns by 45 lines, or so), however the old dos programs can be made to appear as good as they did (80 columns by 26 lines, full screen) in the "old days" by by inserting a small batch program between the new short cut (as suggested by steve) and the dos app. There may be an easier way, but this works.

Create a two line .BAT file with the first line as a mode command and the second line as the complete path the the dos executable file. Example -->

mode con: cols=80 lines=26
c:\<path>\<app_name>

and then save this as a .BAT file in some convenient location.
Second, create the short cut as Steve suggests, right click the shortcut and click the properties item. Click the "Program" tab and fill in the pertinent data. Fill in the "Cmd line:" with the complete path to the .BAT file created above and the "Working:" with the app folder name. Select "Normal Window" in the "Run" section. Check the box "Close on exit "

Click on the "Screen" tab and select the "Window" button in the "Usage" section. Click "Apply" and "OK" and you are done.

Launching the short cut causes the app to open in a small 80 x 26 window, but you toggle it back and forth to full screen by hitting <Alt><Enter> keys together. Just like the "old days ".

Good Luck
TopDog