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Using Graphics Cards Two At One Time
DocumentID: 605858
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:31:33 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: WordPerfect does not clear the View Document screen when a user exits View Document on a computer that has two video cards and two monitors. WordPerfect will use one video card for text mode and the other (depending on what graphics driver is selected) for graphics mode. It is quite common for programmers to have two video cards and two monitors. For example: one may be a Hercules card and the other a VGA color card. With Hercules selected as the Graphics Screen Type WP will use the Hercules card for View Document. Upon exiting View Document the display automatically changes to the VGA monitor and does not clear the View Document screen on the Hercules monitor. So the customer is now looking at View Document on the Hercules monitor and the active monitor is VGA in text mode. Solutions: This is working as designed. WordPerfect does not automatically clear the View Document screen from the Hercules monitor upon exit. It simply tells the hardware to switch to text mode which happens to be the VGA cards designation. On a one-video card, one-monitor system WP simply tells the video to switch to text mode. It does not tell the video to clear View Document then switch to text mode. To clear View Document from the Hercules monitor, the customer must exit WP and type Mode Mono at a DOS prompt. This tells the Hercules card to switch to text mode.

WordPerfect does not support using two graphics cards at once. You need to execute a Mode command at DOS when you would like to use the other graphics card.

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