Maxmiize screen in Turbo C++ with Vista

[psrirammca]

Hello ppl

I am using windows vista.

Just using TURBO C for my programs.. but the screen is not maximizing .. is there any alternative version that supports windowsvista?

[sicarie]

You can't maximize the Turbo C window? Or the console output window?

[psrirammca]

Yeah the Turbo c screen is not maximizing in vista i have changed the properties to fullscreen mode also tried alt+enter but no change

[darkbot]

Yeah the Turbo c screen is not maximizing in vista i have changed the properties to fullscreen mode also tried alt+enter but no change

I also have this problem, it can be solved using DOSBox 0.72, and mounting the directory of the compiler..but i think you need to find another compiler...

[newb16]

Yeah the Turbo c screen is not maximizing in vista i have changed the properties to fullscreen mode also tried alt+enter but no change

It's a DOS program, so maximum is 80 cols* 50 lines, No matter what OS is. You can switch it from 25 to 50 in options/environment/preferences.

[TamusJRoyce]

I suggest using qemu and installing DOS on top of that. That way when you directly access the video hardware and such, no chance of crashing vista. I'm sure DosBox works about the same.

Man I miss the day's of Borland Turbo C. I see a lot of people trying to use this old arcane compiler and wonder why...

There are better compilers around than Turbo C for compiling DOS. Search for something that is GPL/Open Source or if an old version of GNU GCC would work. But if you are wanting to get into some real command line-text based programming, use Qemu with linux installed on it.

The editor could be notepad (notepad++) with a help file opened up beside that-working similar to Turbo C. And I suggest CodeBlocks IDE with it's built in MinGW (GNU GCC/G++ for windows) and it's ability to use MS Visual C++ Express libraries/compiler if you install that.