Microsoft KB Archive/22582

Default Screen Height Disables Windows Program Swapping PSS ID Number: Q22582 Article last modified on 07-24-1988 PSS database name: D_MPlan

3.00

MS-DOS

Question: When running Multiplan Version 3.00 under Windows, why does Multiplan not swap when the default height is greater than 25 lines?

Response: To get greater than 25 lines on screen, Multiplan Version 3.00 requires an Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA). Increasing the number of lines beyond 25 switches the EGA card into graphics, which then prevents program swapping in Windows due to the amount of memory required. This is a limitation of the Windows environment. Resetting the default height in Multiplan to 25 lines or less allows proper program swapping when run under Windows, since it does not change the display from Multiplan’s standard text display.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1988.