The saga continues. HJ recommended I turn active graphics mode on.
It didn't help. What is active graphics mode, anyway?
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 22:41:11 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, Steve. I've had this problem with two programs at work, I too
use a
>Compaq Deskpro but not with the S3 video card. The two programs I
use are
>Xerox custom programs for entering help desk files into a database
and for a
>customer knowledge base, none of these graphics can be labeled at all
but
>all my other programs work fine. The S3 is known to cause problems
with
>some of the printer drivers I support, so I tried what I do to fix
those
>problems but this time for JFW. You might want to tone down the
video
>acceleration and turn off bitmap caching. Some programs don't like
the
>aceleration set at its highest level. Go to the control panel then
choose
>display andpress control-tab until you hear settings. Depending on
your
>video card adapter, you may now have to go to settings again or
advanced.
>Here you want a performance setting, then acceleration. This is a
slider
>button, I set it up for the setting just above none and then I turn
off the
>bitmap caching, it's usually in the same dialog box. Then you must
reboot
>the pc. Changing this setting allowed me to label one of my
program's
>graphics, but not the other one so go figure.-:) I know this sounds
a bit
>off the wall, but you can always change these settings back if they
don't
>solve the problem.
>
>=Beth=
>=Beth Hatch-Alleyne=
>Justice Means Not Just Us.
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Steve Matzura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 6:46 PM
>Subject: Same number for all graphics
>
>
>> I've sent a copy of this message, ever so slightly edited, to
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED], so I expect to hear from them in a day or three, it's
not
>> an urgent matter, but I thought I'd throw it out to the list, maybe
>> someone else has had this problem.
>>
>> I have a Compaq Desk Pro 2000 model 500 with an S3V2 PCI V1.60
video
>> card in it. I know there are problems with the S3, maybe there are
>> solutions, too. The problem is, in certain instances, none of
which
>> I've been able to figure out in two years, all graphic symbols are
>> spoken with the same number assigned to them. For instance, in
Lotus
>> Notes, all my graphics come up as Graphic 524, no matter what the
>> symbol really is. On the task bar, everything is Graphic 833. In
>> that stupid Yahtzy program, everything is Graphic 123, except for
the
>> "Wild" unthrown die which is graphic 191. Get the picture? HJ
once
>> told me there's a file that can be gotten from the Compaq FTP site
>> that fixes this problem, but I don't offhand remember what it is.
If
>> no one here knows, I'll just wait for their answer and post it in
case
>> anybody else finds themselves in a similar situation in the future.
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