--- Thomas Schatzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I run pascal programs (not just FP, but other compilers > too), the > > last text-colour I used stays even after the program is finished. > The > > original default colour only returns after I call something else. > e.g. > > DR-DOS editor. > > FPC doesn't use the BIOS functions for drawing text characters in > DOS - so > the original text attributes should be preserved after exiting for > new text. > It leaves the current contents as they are by default though, this > is > normal.
Donald, I've never used FP on DOS. There is a museum section of the Borland.com site where you can (legally) download an old version of Turbo Pascal for hobbiest purposes. As I recall, Turbo Pascal exhibited the behavior you describe and the solution was to save the state of the text when the program starts and restore it (or restore it to what you like as a default) right before clsoing. I think there was also a DOS command to reset to the default. Sorry I don't recall specifics, that was a *long* time ago. Also, as I recall, 20 file handles wasn't a lot. Each buffer only costs ~2k, IIRC, so I would bump it up and see if your problem disappears. I definitely opened more than 2 files at once using turbo pascal and DOS. I think we had to set FILES=50 or =99 to run WordPerfect 4.x and 5.x under DOS. -Alan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
