Microsoft KB Archive/51166

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Paintbrush for MS-DOS, version 4.0

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SUMMARY
PBSETUP for Microsoft Paintbrush 4.0 creates the following five files during the installation:

  PAINTBR.OV1 PAINT.BAT SYS.FNT PBRUSH.INI PBSYS.OV1

PAINTBR.OV1
You can manually create PAINTBR.OV1 by copying the file PBX.OV1 from the Paintbrush UTILITIES disk into the PBRUSH directory and renaming it PAINTBR.OV1.

If PBSETUP fails to create this file, the following error message is displayed when PAINT.BAT is executed:

Could not read Program overlay

PAINT.BAT
PAINT.BAT is a batch file used to execute Paintbrush.

SYS.FNT
SYS.FNT determines the size of the text displayed on the Paintbrush screen. The appropriate file from the following list is copied to SYS.FNT:   File         Display Size

SYS12.FNT   640 x 480 display SYS10.FNT   640 x 350, 720 x 348, or 600 x 400 display SYS8.FNT    640 x 200 display SYS5.FNT    320 x 200 display

PBRUSH.INI
PBRUSH.INI determines the number of colors present in the frame display for Paintbrush. The appropriate file from the following list is copied to PBRUSH.INI:   BW.INI COLOR4.INI COLOR8.INI COLOR16.INI COLOR256.INI

PBSYS.OV1
PBSYS.OV1 determines the color attributes and size of the tools in the toolbox. The appropriate file from the following list is copied to PBSYS.OV1:   CGABW.OV1 CGACLR.OV1 EGABW.OV1 EGACLR.OV1 VGABW.OV1 VGACLR.OV1 If PBSETUP fails to create PBSYS.OV1, an error message &quot;Could not read System overlay&quot; is displayed when PAINT.BAT is executed. Additional query words: paint brush ms 4.00 noupd

Keywords :

Version : MS-DOS:4.0

Platform : MS-DOS

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