From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f0f71ceaa1bb5813 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-17 19:13:33 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "DuckE" From: "DuckE" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3A15EBA0.FE2099A5@erols.com> Subject: Re: Console Text_IO in Windows ME - PROBLEM???? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 03:13:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.221.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 974517212 24.6.221.63 (Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:13:32 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:13:32 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:2185 Date: 2000-11-18T03:13:32+00:00 List-Id: 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" 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