FPD2.6 slow operation in XP DOS window 1

[iclick]

Since installing FPD 2.6 in three XP-Pro machines I've experienced slow operation of the keyboard when in a DOS box, which does not occur in full-screen mode.

Also, the DOS box is darker and items that should blink using * (like SET COLOR TO BG+*/B) don't. The non-blinking items are displayed in an odd color combination instead.

Does anyone know of a fix for any of these minor problems?

 

[OnePunchMickey]

The keyboard thing is the usual - many DOS apps including FoxPro for DOS continually poll the keyboard, resulting in high CPU usage and sluggish performance under NT-based operating systems. You can look at things like

http://www.tamedos.com

to alleviate that.

Regarding the blinking ... try different fonts in the DOS box properties.

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[iclick]

Mickey, thanks for the reply. I have been running DOSIDLE.COM for some time to placate the CPU, and it works great, keeping CPU usage down to the same level as a Windows app (0-3% at idle vs. 50% or more). The sluggishness of DOS boxes existed before and after I started using this program. I run FOXPROX.EXE in a batch file, and DOSIDLE is run first. It automatically closes after you exist Foxpro.

As for changing fonts to cure the blinking-character issues, I've also tried that to no avail.