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Skriven 2005-05-08 14:27:28 av Jason Lamb (1:116/15)
     Kommentar till en text av Jeff Guerdat
Ärende: Re: Java
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JG> JL>I have an interesting problem and wanted your take
JG> JL>on it. Whenever I go
JG> JL>pogo.com and the game window loads, the bottom part
JG> JL>is obstructed by the
JG> JL>window status bar "Applet started". The window size
JG> JL>is locked by pogo. I
JG> JL>figured out that if I uncheck "Keep taskbar on top
JG> JL>of other windows", th
JG> JL>window then is big enough to show entire window. Do
JG> JL>you understand this?
JG> JG>
JG> JL>I never had this problem with the other system
JG> JL>(Win98SE). This system is
JG> JL>WinXP SP1. The resolution is the same 800x600. I use
JG> JL>IE on both systems.
JG> JL>am using a different java version. The 98 system
JG> JL>used Microsoft's versio
JG> JL>The XP system is using Sun's version. Not sure if this is why.
JG> JG>
JG> Go to http://java-virtual-machine.net/download.html and
JG> download the MS VM.
JG> See if that cures your problem.  My suspicion is that the site is coded
JG> JL>to JG> work properly ONLY with a complete MS setup.  I hate
JG> sites like that but th
JG> exist all over...
JG> 
JG> JL>I finally got around to do more tests. I decided not to download MS VM,
JG> JL>since there are viruses since is no longer supported or updated. I chang
JG> JL>the screen resolution to something higher 800x600. I believe it was
JG> JL>1024x768. It fixed the problem as well. But it was so small I could not
JG> JL>read it. I changed it back to 800x600. it is weird that the problem exis
JG> JL>on this system. I am even using the same monitor (CRT). I can only assum
JG> JL>that the problem is due to the graphics card, Java, or the OS. Those are
JG> JL>the only differences that may cause this. I did discover that by
JG> JL>unchecking "Keep taskbar on top of other windows" this also fixed the
JG> JL>problem. Apparently, not having the tasbar visible, it allowed for the
JG> JL>window be big enough to show everything. I guess I am the only one that
JG> JL>still uses 800x600. LOL. Thanks. Jason
JG> 
JG> I'm sure it's not Java, per se, but the overall display that's required.  I
JG> sounds like the version of software you're now using simply expects a highe
JG> resolution (it's not unique - many packages expect a minimum and even a
JG> maximum resolution).  It obviously could be the way a particular
JG> OS/application handles screen displays, also.
JG> 
JG> But 800x600?  You intentionally trying to hurt yerself?  ;)

What do you mean? 800x600 is the largest screen size i can use. The higher 
resolution makes everything so small I can't read it.

Jason

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