Windows Certification
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I was talking to K(arl) in the soapbox about the problems I'm having with cataracts and how I've set linux to run with black backgrounds and white writing and I mentioned that windoes wont do this sort of thing so K(arl)_ mentioned Windows Certification which I'd completely forgotten about so try this. Go to display\appearance\advanced click on the menu and set the background to black and the font colour to white. Then check some menus The control panel works fine. Start VS 2005 and the menu haven;t changed at all so the question is do Microsoft products have to be Microsoft Certified?
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I was talking to K(arl) in the soapbox about the problems I'm having with cataracts and how I've set linux to run with black backgrounds and white writing and I mentioned that windoes wont do this sort of thing so K(arl)_ mentioned Windows Certification which I'd completely forgotten about so try this. Go to display\appearance\advanced click on the menu and set the background to black and the font colour to white. Then check some menus The control panel works fine. Start VS 2005 and the menu haven;t changed at all so the question is do Microsoft products have to be Microsoft Certified?
pseudonym67 My Articles[^] Beginning KDevelop Programming[^]
On the display settings, change Window colour 1 to black and Window colour 2 to white, or pale blue, and apply. In VS2005 and VS2003 the menus now have pale writing on a "black" background. In VC6 the menus have black writing on a grey background. So far it appears that in VS2003 / VS2005 the menus are drawn using the Window colours While in VC6 the menus are drawn using the menu colours. Can you guess the current bug at the top of my bug fix pile? :~ Oh and for some things the rules are different depending on XP style vs classic style. :~ I have reached the point where I am going to have to write out a big grid explaining all of the different possible tests I need to run, to find out if I have the changes right *sigh* Oh and the program I am using for screen shots cannot handle the custom colours very well, which makes it hard to use, since I cannot read any of the menus. :|
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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On the display settings, change Window colour 1 to black and Window colour 2 to white, or pale blue, and apply. In VS2005 and VS2003 the menus now have pale writing on a "black" background. In VC6 the menus have black writing on a grey background. So far it appears that in VS2003 / VS2005 the menus are drawn using the Window colours While in VC6 the menus are drawn using the menu colours. Can you guess the current bug at the top of my bug fix pile? :~ Oh and for some things the rules are different depending on XP style vs classic style. :~ I have reached the point where I am going to have to write out a big grid explaining all of the different possible tests I need to run, to find out if I have the changes right *sigh* Oh and the program I am using for screen shots cannot handle the custom colours very well, which makes it hard to use, since I cannot read any of the menus. :|
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
If you don't need menus, alt printscreen, paste into paint and save works great. For menus you can use regular printscreen and crop in paint. Not ideal, but if your other tool is garbling the menus better than nothing I suppose.
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
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I was talking to K(arl) in the soapbox about the problems I'm having with cataracts and how I've set linux to run with black backgrounds and white writing and I mentioned that windoes wont do this sort of thing so K(arl)_ mentioned Windows Certification which I'd completely forgotten about so try this. Go to display\appearance\advanced click on the menu and set the background to black and the font colour to white. Then check some menus The control panel works fine. Start VS 2005 and the menu haven;t changed at all so the question is do Microsoft products have to be Microsoft Certified?
pseudonym67 My Articles[^] Beginning KDevelop Programming[^]
Go to the accessibility control panel and turn on high contrast mode, that might make things easier to read.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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On the display settings, change Window colour 1 to black and Window colour 2 to white, or pale blue, and apply. In VS2005 and VS2003 the menus now have pale writing on a "black" background. In VC6 the menus have black writing on a grey background. So far it appears that in VS2003 / VS2005 the menus are drawn using the Window colours While in VC6 the menus are drawn using the menu colours. Can you guess the current bug at the top of my bug fix pile? :~ Oh and for some things the rules are different depending on XP style vs classic style. :~ I have reached the point where I am going to have to write out a big grid explaining all of the different possible tests I need to run, to find out if I have the changes right *sigh* Oh and the program I am using for screen shots cannot handle the custom colours very well, which makes it hard to use, since I cannot read any of the menus. :|
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
Thanx for the reply. You reminded me of Windows classic which already has a high contrast black and white theme that adjusts things that you can't control by customising it yourself through the advanced options ( although in classic mode things do respond better than they do in xp mode ) and it works fine. Of course it all looks a bit dos. Or is that how windows 3 really looked? At least it means I only get blinded by white backgrounds now when I go one the web.
feline_dracoform wrote:
have reached the point where I am going to have to write out a big grid explaining all of the different possible tests I need to run, to find out if I have the changes right *sigh*
Ouch. Good look with that.
pseudonym67 My Articles[^] Beginning KDevelop Programming[^]
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Go to the accessibility control panel and turn on high contrast mode, that might make things easier to read.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
That is the windows classic high contrast black mode with a stupidly large font that I mention in a reply above above. I actually have 20/20 vision well with my glasses the problem with the cataracts is that they refract and seemingly amplify any incoming light sources, so magnification isn't required just the ability to look at the screen without being blinded.
pseudonym67 My Articles[^] Beginning KDevelop Programming[^]
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Thanx for the reply. You reminded me of Windows classic which already has a high contrast black and white theme that adjusts things that you can't control by customising it yourself through the advanced options ( although in classic mode things do respond better than they do in xp mode ) and it works fine. Of course it all looks a bit dos. Or is that how windows 3 really looked? At least it means I only get blinded by white backgrounds now when I go one the web.
feline_dracoform wrote:
have reached the point where I am going to have to write out a big grid explaining all of the different possible tests I need to run, to find out if I have the changes right *sigh*
Ouch. Good look with that.
pseudonym67 My Articles[^] Beginning KDevelop Programming[^]
Depending on how many websites you visit regularly you could try Firefox + greasemonkey + platypus to generate the javascript to change the background colour of the pages. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ http://platypus.mozdev.org/
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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If you don't need menus, alt printscreen, paste into paint and save works great. For menus you can use regular printscreen and crop in paint. Not ideal, but if your other tool is garbling the menus better than nothing I suppose.
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
I can still use the program with the keyboard shortcut keys, which helps. It did get me wondering just how many programs properly support changing the windows colour scheme. Even changing the global background colour to off white upsets various programs *rolls eyes* It is editing the code while using bizarre colour schemes (for testing) which is most irritating, since everything looks "wrong" and can be hard to read *sigh*
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness