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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1181.0. "Iconic Map Screen resolution display problems." by KETJE::PACCO () Fri Jun 21 1991 18:55

    I consider me to be lucky to work for digital where I can use a
    variety of workstations.  I am less happy when I have to use DECmcc on
    several of these workstations.

    I have two problems.
    	One reported on note 744 where because of the fonts of a VT1300,
    the screens are in another format that on most other workstations.
    The Text is larger, less contents in the windows, and I am again
    lucky there if I can find a corner of the EXIT Icon within the main
    window, because otherwise I was obliged to fire the whole application
    not being able to exit from certain windows (Schedule Time).
    The screen used here is a VR320

    	The other one is when I click on an object Icon, the first and next
    level expansions gives me text, half readable, half unreadable; half
    normal video, half reverse video etc...  It's really a
    font/resolution display problem.
    I got this problem in a VR299, VR290 and VR160

    The only screens where I have no display problems is a VRT19 or VR320.

    The strange thing is that the refresh rate of a VR299,VR290 and VR160
    is different form the refresh rate of a VRT19 or VR320

    Problem 2 seems to show that displays with a low refresh rate gives no
    presentation problems, displays with a high refresh rate gives the problem.

    Have these problems already been observed?  Will the ICONIC MAP coop
    with these differences? Does the SPD specifies restrictions on the use
    of screens? Does a workaround yet exist?
    
    Dominique
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1181.1TOOK::F_MESSINGERFri Jun 21 1991 19:3624
   I have two problems.
    	One reported on note 744 where because of the fonts of a VT1300,
    the screens are in another format that on most other workstations.
    The Text is larger, less contents in the windows, and I am again
    lucky there if I can find a corner of the EXIT Icon within the main
    window, because otherwise I was obliged to fire the whole application
    not being able to exit from certain windows (Schedule Time).
    The screen used here is a VR320

Even DecWindows Mail has this problem.  What I did to fix it was to restart
my server withe DPI = 75.


>   	The other one is when I click on an object Icon, the first and next
>  level expansions gives me text, half readable, half unreadable; half
>  normal video, half reverse video etc...  It's really a
>  font/resolution display problem.
>  I got this problem in a VR299, VR290 and VR160

 
This is documented in the release notes.


Fred
1181.2No indication to problem in release notes.KETJE::PACCOTue Jun 25 1991 11:2427
    I only see in the release notes (of BMS) under
    2.1.2 Restrictions, #12, 
    restrictions using PC displays.  This is related to previous problem 1.
    
    I do not see other remarks, which could explain the problem 2.  I try
    to describe the context.
    
    I haven't seen any difference with the screens mentionned compared to
    the screens where I have not that problem, even not size problems, 
    except for 1 single difference.
    
    When you click in an object, and it is "expanded", only in these
    screens I have this text presentation inconsistencies.  The size
    of the text is right.  The foreground/background color is disrupted
    that sometimes you can read, sometimes you cannot read, sometimes you can
    only partially read the text:  sometimes foreground on background,
    sometimes bacground on foreground, sometimes the upper part in
    foreground and the lower part in background, and this on the very same
    window.  I also have this on all following "expansions".
    
    Executing any verb results always in correct windows !
    
    Once I tought it could be a 50Hz/60Hz problem but I really do not know.
    It's still a mystery.
    
    Regards,
    Dominique.
1181.3TOOK::F_MESSINGERTue Jun 25 1991 19:269
In your decw$user_defaults:mcc_resource.dat file, specify a named color (blue,
green, red etc) for window_background.  If you have a monochrome system,
user either black or white.

This usually cures the penitentary syndrome.  The expanded subentites will
no longer be behind bars.

Fred