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Color Problem with Alpha4V8

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    Color Problem with Alpha4V8

    Upgraded from Alpha4V4 win98 to Aplha4V8 WinXP Pro
    (hardware remained the same) and I am having problems with the colors being off with V8. Found referances to this problem on the message board but no solution. Can anyone help.

    #2
    RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

    Try copying the A4.PAL color palette file from V4 into V8. Then try selecting the A4 DEFAULT color setting. It may or may not solve the problem.

    gm

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      #3
      RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

      Been there done that. Also called Tech Nonsupport they don't want to talk about this one just that according to them 9 out of 10 users are ok with the new ver.

      Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post I'm just not a happy camper at the moment too many hours chasing a bug that I think tech support should address. Also, for those that wonder why I am so concerned with the screen color issue my reply is what else is wrong that I have not found yet and I have found some things that do not work just like they did in Alpha4v4.

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        #4
        RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

        Hi Jim

        When you said no solution, did you mean the solutions in the message threads did not work for you? Or do you mean you found no threads that had suggested solutions.

        Robert

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          #5
          RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

          Hi Robert

          None of the suggestions on the board or from tech support ( and tech support just repeated the message board solutions)have solved the problem. This system running win98se with ver4 worked fine. This is the first time in almost 15 years of using alpha4 that I have had a problem that I can not find an answer to.

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            #6
            RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

            Hi Jim

            My own feeling on the color issue is the video card and drivers could be the problem.

            I use Version 7 on win 98 and no problems (onboard video). Someone else I know uses Version 7 on Windows 2000 and they have the color register problems.

            It would be interesting to know what video card and drivers people are using when they "are or are not" experienceing problems. It just might show a trend.

            Robert

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              #7
              RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

              I don't think the video card is the problem.

              We took a window ME computer and upgraded it to Windows XP. The colors were all screwed up. The worse part is that they were constantly changing. The screen had either a very poor combination of colors that were unbearable to look at or certain colors were just missing. That meant that text was missing also.

              We reloaded ME and all the problems with colors went away.

              What we did find was that as long as you run Alpha in a window, the colors seem to be "OK" on XP. Go to full screen and everything turns to crap. We've tried this on 3 different computers with the same results.
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                #8
                RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                Robert

                I am using a 1.4 athlon with an ATI rage pro video card

                Jim

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                  #9
                  RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                  Hi Ronald

                  The video drivers must change for each operating system right?

                  I think that WIN XP / 2000 has changes in their code when it comes to handling DOS sessions. This along with different video drivers could be the problem.

                  Jim was told that the majority of Ver 8 users expreince no problems. But what we don't know is what operating system these users have.

                  If it turns out that ALL Ver 8 users on XP & 2000 have this problem then we can say the problem is with A4 albiet resulting from Microsofts penchant for changing things!!!

                  On the other hand if it isn't a consistent problem for XP / 2000 users then the only variable I can think of is the Video drivers developed for these platforms.

                  Robert

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                    #10
                    RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                    I'd have to do some research.

                    The ME computer is a 2 year old HP.

                    The first XP machine is a 1 year old Dell.

                    The second machine is a 4 month old Dell.
                    Alpha 5 Version 11
                    AA Build 2999, Build 4269, Current Build
                    DBF's and MySql
                    Desktop, Web on the Desktop and WEB

                    Ron Anusiewicz

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                      #11
                      RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                      Having the same problem with colors with A4V7.01 after switiching from win 98 to XP. Sometimes I get good color and other times it is a mess. Seems to be random.
                      We need help on this as many of us depend on color to differentiate similar forms etc.

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                        #12
                        RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                        More on this problem.

                        I loaded A4V ver 7.0 onto my computer (Win XP). This is the older version that was "fixed" with version 7.01. The colors were fine and all was well with the look of the program. Loaded the 7.01 patch and the ugly color monster appeared immediately on the first open of the program. Getting yellows where they are not wanted.

                        Perhaps this will lead to some sort of solution.

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                          #13
                          RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                          I think there must be a problem with the way Win XP handles graphics for DOS. I find that when accessing the custom colour palette, the choice of colours remains the same regardless (although in full screen mode I do see the true colours as on a Win 98 pc).
                          I've had to redesign forms to avoid a horrible mustard colour!

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                            #14
                            RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                            Hi Peter

                            I wonder if increasing the color depth (32 bit true color)of the video display would make any difference.

                            The fact that the colors are not correct in a window but are OK in full screen mode suggests that XP controls the window colors, completely bypassing the ASCII color set for the DOS session. But in full screen enables the ASCII color set.

                            Robert

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                              #15
                              RE: Color Problem with Alpha4V8

                              Dear Robert

                              Thanks for the interest. Yes, I've tried different colo(u!)r depth, screen resolution, even compatibility mode (for Win 95/8). The actual palette of available colours seems to be the same whatever and you cannot edit them.

                              Regards

                              Peter

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