[Coco] VCC full screen mode and Windows 10

Thu Jun 1 15:52:19 EDT 2017

Thanks for the information Bill, and hopefully I have not offended anyone
who does work on this, or plans to, I like the product, and I use it, and I
will try and put some of my "two cents" in the proper place on the site.

Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
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On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Steve, we may actually have a new release coming and may have the aspect
> issue resolved. This was an unfinished leftover from the original author
> and with no one working on the project since it's release to open source
> almost 2 years ago, until recently, nothing has changed but the build
> environment from VS6 to VS2015. Things may actually start to get better
> soon.
>
> BTW, unless people post to the "Issues" section of the VCC project github
> site, there's no way to keep up with every FB & cocolist complaint. Listing
> them in the Issues preserves them for whoever finally works on it. It's our
> only checklist to see what problems there are.
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> https://github.com/VCCE/VCC/issues
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 1, 2017 1:00 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC full screen mode and Windows 10
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> I've had issues with VCC and switching full screen as well, which I try
> toavoid, it does do a hard switch to your computer's resolution and
> doesn'tgracefully return the OS to it's previous state, and, as mentioned,
> thisresolution switch screws with how you had icons arranged on your
> desktop,etc., and yes, I keep my drivers up to date all the time, I'm
> leaningtowards this being the program not the driver.  Not meant as a bash,
> butmore as a highly educated guess/opinion.As mentioned it can be maximized
> and re-sized, by turning on that option,but it doesn't scale the aspect
> ratio, and it's damn near impossible tomanually make the "perfect square"
> by dragging it around.I have learned to live with it either in it's native
> size of in a distortedresolution size when I'm just working on typing in my
> BASIC code.  I don'tsee a newer version since 2.01b [Edit] and I recall
> hearing a few peopletalk about some forks they were working on, which is
> the latest/greatestversion we should be using?I use VCC primarily for my
> programming in BASIC series I'm doing for myselfand YouTube, as far as CoCo
> emulators go, this one is pretty user friendlyto install and hit the ground
> running with, and my series was designed andaimed at non-technophiles to be
> as user friendly as possible.My arrangement I use to record, has the BASIC
> manual in PDF and VCC on myleft monitor, and on my right monitor I have my
> recording/capture softwaretake these elements and arrange them on screen.I
> keep VCC in it's default resolution and aspect ration, but I zoom it inwith
> my software and make the window much larger, where it's about 3/4 ofmy PC
> screen, and it's a lot easier to read and manage that way.The ongoing
> debate and discussion on which emulator is "best" will probablynever be
> "solved" everyone has their favorite, each one has it's strengthsand
> weaknesses, and anybody who has a project, such as an emulator has theright
> to make them as they see fit.I tend to bounce between all three at this
> point.  I use VCC for my BASICprogramming series, I'll use XROAR for a
> quick and easy way to play a CoCo1/2 disk based game, and then I use MAME
> for things that are cartridgebased, or have some issue in XROAR, and for
> anything CoCo 3 related, I usemy real CoCo 3 which is connected to my PC
> via an RGB-toS-Video adapter,and I watch it, play it and record it on my PC
> via video capture softwarewhich give me a live preview of the CoCo
> screen.Simple, right?I am very grateful for all the emulators we have, no
> one, and not thing isperfect, so none of my statements are meant as a
> "bash" or a "nod" towardsany particular product, I like them all, I use
> them all, and they're allgreat in their own way.Steve Strowbridge, akaThe
> Original Gamer Stevie Strowhttp://ogsteviestrow.
> comogsteviestrow at gmail.comOn Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Wayne Campbell <
> asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:> Thanks, Bill. I never saw that option before.
> It's set now. The screen> looks a little wierd stretched in the width, but
> it's livable. :)>>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco
> <> coco at maltedmedia.com>> wrote:>> > Wayne, VCC DOES support the maximize
> button. You must check "Allow> Resize"> > in the Config/Display" tab.> >
> I've run VCC on WinXP, Vista, 7, 8, & 10 on square, wide screen and>
> double> > monitors, and the full screen didn't act as you describe, nor has
> anyone> > else complained of this problem. In full screen mode, VCC changes
> the> video> > resolution (800x600, IIRC) and it sounds like your graphics
> driver isn't> > taking it well... Try updating your graphics driver.> >> >>
> >> >> >> > Bill Pierce> > "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't
> stop going, no way to> > slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull> >> > My
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> Message-----> > From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>> > To: CoCoList
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>> > Sent: Wed, May 31, 2017 11:56 pm> > Subject:
> [Coco] VCC full screen mode and Windows 10> >> > I finally tried putting
> VCC into full screen mode today. I like the way> > itlooks, but I don't
> like what it does to the Windows 10 windows when I> > goback to normal
> mode.Every window I have open, as well as a few apps> that> > I don't, are
> in theupper-left corner of the screen and are all the same> > size as the
> normal VCCwindow. It took me some time to get them back the> way> > I had
> them before. Idon't think this is the way VCC should behave.Along> > with a
> fix to this, I would like to see VCC support the maximizebutton> and> >
> maximize the window instead of forcing the user to usefull-screen. I need>
> > to switch windows alot and full-screen does not makethis easy. And with>
> my> > eyes these days, the normal window is almost toosmall to read.Thanks
> to> all> > of you who are working to make VCC better. This isn't acomplaint
> as much> as> > a feature request.-- WayneThe Structure of
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