A:
Some screens (especially the LCD screens) cannot be run in full screen
character mode. That's most likely the problem if you are getting a
black screen.
What you need to do is the following:
* Close Advantage Plus.
* Right click on the Aplus icon on your desktop and choose PROPERTIES
from the list that pops up.
* On the Gail.exe properties screen, click on the SCREEN tab.
* In the Usage section, click "Windowed" instead of "Full Screen"
* Click ok to close the property screen. You do not need to "apply"
these settings since they will be applied the next time you open
the program.
* Now Open Advantage Plus. It will open in a window that is too small
to work in.
* Right click on the blue strip at the top border of the Advantage
Plus window. This bar has the program name at the top left and the
dash, box and x at the right (these are common to every window in
all versions of windows). From this menu choose PROPERTIES again.
This is a different set of properties from those of the icon.
* Click on the FONT tab.
* Select LUCIDA CONSOLE instead of RASTER Fonts.
* Select the Largest size that will allow the program window
shown at the left of the sizes, to still fit within the screen.
If it is too large, it will create scroll bars that will make
the program unusable.
* Click OK when done and a window will open asking if you want to
use these settings for this one time or for all future windows
with this title. There are several variations of this wording on
XP. But choose to save the window for all future windows with
this title.
* If the resulting windows is too small, just repeat until you get it
to where you are comfortable with it. If you make it too big, it will
make a horizontal scroll bar. If this happens, you will need to also
click on Layout tab and make sure both settings are 80 by 25, after
you change the size to a smaller setting.
