OK, I've received the solution now from Dennis at
http://www.geocities.com/politalk/lotus/index.html
He referred me to this article on the MSKB
http://sup****t.microsoft.com/kb/272447/en-us
Full-Screen MS-DOS-Based Program Only Visible on Top Half of Screen
which (just for the record) states that, having pressed Alt + Enter to
display the program in a Window, you have to lower the height value for
the
for both your Screen Buffer Size and Window Size from 50 to 25.
Evi
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> "Roy Hann" <specially@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Evi" <evwool@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > At work, we have a really ancient LotusWorks database. It appears as
> white
> > > writing on black like MS DOS, it isn't in a Window and doesn't
recognise
> > > the
> > > mouse. Amazingly, it works fine with Windows XP!
> > >
> > > Recently, it 'shrunk' so that when it is open, half the screen is
now
> > > black
> > > and the database (much smaller in appearance) appears in the top
half.
> > > I've
> > > trawled through the Help but can't find anything that will help me
> expand
> > > it
> > > again.
> > >
> > > When the computer returns to Windows, everything is in order and
other
> > > programs are fine.
> > >
> > > No-one knows how to do anything on it other than use it with its
current
> > > setup and if it came with any manuals, they are long gone.
> > >
> > > Is anyone old enough to remember this dinosaur?
> >
> > I'm old enough but I never had anything to do with LotusWorks. Until
you
> > find someone who did, maybe going into the Windows Utility Manager
> (Windows
> > logo key + U) and starting Magnifier will help you to get along.
> >
> > Roy
>
> Thanks Roy, I'll give it a try although I suspect that I'm seeing a Dos
> Screen since it won't recognise the mouse while it is running and it
fills
> the whole screen unless I press the Windows key (which shrinks it to the
> toolbar) or unless I close it so I'm not hoping much.
>
> Evi
>
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