Re: Console Text_IO in Windows ME - PROBLEM????

["DuckE" <nospam_steved94@home.com>]

In order to see the window that flashes too quickly to catch, try opening
the command window first and then running the program the name of the
program at the command line.

I haven't used ME, but this is how I read fast messages from console
applications on NT.

SteveD

"William A Whitaker" <whitaker@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3A15EBA0.FE2099A5@erols.com...
> I have a widely distributed program that translates an input Latin
> word/line into English.  It runs in a number of systems so to keep it
> systems independent, it is a console (Text_IO) user interface.
>
> Today I got a message that someone was having trouble using it with
> Windows ME.  I do not have ME.  Before I go off on a wild hunt, has
> anyone else seen this problem - has anyone else used ME on console  and
> not had this problem?  The copy he has was compiled with GNAT, so I need
> some guidance before I try a bunch of other compilers.
>
> The message was
>
> "The DOS window flashes by so quickly that I cannot read the text, and
> closes.  If I manage to push the "Pause" button at the right instant to
> freeze the window, no
> text is displayed, and the window vanishes at the first keystroke.  Am I
> out of luck? Or is there a workaround?"
>
> Whitaker