Thanks to the forum members I was able to load my RB onto my Advent Netbook and even more amazingly, it actually works!!
However, the screen is obviously much smaller than my normal laptop and try as I might the Preference Box is too big for the screen and I cannot hit 'Apply' at the bottom of the Preference screen. Can anyone tell me how this Preference page can be reduced in size or tell me how I can reach the bottom of the page? My Netbook runs on XP so could someone instruct me exactly how I can do this in Technophobe speak!
Many thanks,
Paul
Normally there is a screen opton that allows you to see just the Netbook screen - usually a "letterbox" view, a scrolling view of the whole 4 x 3 screen where the bit of screen you can't see moves up/down as you move the mouse - or a compressed (distorted) view of the normal screen on your letterbox view.
My Asus eeePC has an icon next to the clock at the bottom right of the screen with the options being accessed by right clicking. Nor sure how yo access these options if they are available on your Netbook.
Try changing your fonts to small fonts in your display settings.
Hmmm....been into Control Panel and clicked on Display, found the Font Size button but options are 'normal', large or X large. No small font option!! How can that be?
No obvious letterbox option either Allocator......this is so frustrating, as it stands I cannot use my RB on it!
In the Font size options, is there a custom option, if there is you can reduce the size of the fonts.
Hi AirNav, in Control Panel there is not a custom button, but there is an advanced which shows all the active/non active screens, title bars and options to reduce fonts to 6 but having played with it I still cannot get the Preference text to reduce and so it remains hopeless. There must be a way, i cant be the only one who uses XP on a notebook and has this problem?
Tramline,
Right click on the Windows desktop, select Properties > Settings
What Screen Resolution is the desktop set at?
What other options are available using the screen resolution slider?
Also, is there a link to your graphics card via Properties > Settings > Advanced?
Reducing the text/font size is not going to work if the screen is too small to show the Preferences window.
You need to look for a tick box in your computers Display Properties / Settings / Advanced / Monitor preferences called "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display", and untick it.
You'll then be able to select a monitor resolution of 1024x768, and the screen will scroll down within the physical display when the mouse reaches the bottom of the screen.
Thanks Tarbat, I think i'm just about there now. I unclicked that Monitor hide thingy and I can now scroll to the bottom of the preferences page. Is it normal that now the standard AirNav page needs to be scrolled to reach the top and bottom of the page as well? Its difficult not knowing what to expect to see displayed when you have not done this sort of computer stuff before.
Thanks to AirNav, Allocator and Tarbat for their help and patience.
Yes, that's one unfortunate side effect. What I do is use 1024x768 to set preferences, etc., and save them by exiting RB. Then change the resolution back to the native resolution, and run RB in that resolution all the time.
Support can you fix this font issue in the next Release?
Thanks
Its already been noted :)
Quote from: kdt1 on March 20, 2009, 02:27:02 PM
Support can you fix this font issue in the next Release?
Thanks
Surely it's not a FONT issue, it's a fixed window size issue?
Quote from: Allocator on March 20, 2009, 02:36:51 PM
Quote from: kdt1 on March 20, 2009, 02:27:02 PM
Support can you fix this font issue in the next Release?
Thanks
Surely it's not a FONT issue, it's a fixed window size issue?
I dont care what it is Just fix it.
Thanks Support
Hi just a quick update. Thanks to everyones help on this thread I'm now up and running, so thanks very much.
Just one thing AirNav support, would it be possible to adjust the size of the alert pop-up screen to prevent losing so much screen?
Just a thought...
Hmm, The Alert popup is small. How big is it on the netbook?
On my laptop the alert is about 7cm high and 5.5cm wide. On the netbook, the alert pop up is 6cm high and 5cm high.
It would be a useful feature to custom-size the alert pop up box.
Thanks for checking in AirNav.
Quote from: Tramline on March 21, 2009, 02:29:39 PM
On my laptop the alert is about 7cm high and 5.5cm wide. On the netbook, the alert pop up is 6cm high and 5cm high.
It would be a useful feature to custom-size the alert pop up box.
Thanks for checking in AirNav.
But how high/wide is your laptop screen :-) On my big 22 inch screen, the popup is about one fifth of the height of the screen. On the laptop, it's about one quarter of the screen height.
What screen resolution are you running?
Hey guys. Im having the same problem and the fixes noted above are not working. Im running vista and have changed the resolution size and restarted RB. Any other thoughts? Very frustrating!
Quote from: pbrstreetgang on July 15, 2009, 11:13:27 PM
Hey guys. Im having the same problem and the fixes noted above are not working. Im running vista and have changed the resolution size and restarted RB. Any other thoughts? Very frustrating!
Hi there,
Just confirm what your problem is here. What is your screen resolution and what type of PC are you running RadarBox on - is it a Netbook or laptop?
It is a Toshiba Laptop (15" screen) running vista, 1280x800 res...
I have tried several different resolution settings without any success. Just so we are on the same page, the problem is that i cant save my changes to "preferences" because the "ok" button is hidden on the bottom border of the window.
-greg
OK Greg, understand now. I'm sure that you should be able to see all of the Preferences box with that screen resolution. Are you using a non-standard larger Windows font?
Nope the fonts are standard. Im attempting to get a screen shot uploaded that shows this. Thanks for your help with this!
Take two! Smaller Screen shot.
Hi,
you can try to resize the preferences windows with the help of this tool 'ResizeEnable':
http://lifehacker.com/325452/resize-any-window-with-resizableenable (http://lifehacker.com/325452/resize-any-window-with-resizableenable)
You might have scroll/Move the windows afterwards to access the buttons.
Looking at your screen shot your display settings font sizes appear not to be set to "Normal".
right click on your desktop background and select properties, select the appearance tab and check what your Font Size is set to...
Normal will paint form as expected, "Large Fonts" or "Extra Large Fonts" will give you problems with forms being oversize like in your example.
Hope this helps
Keith
Keith, Good job! That did it. vista hides the font size menu but i got it now. Thanks!