When HOUSE/290 is started up, it determines automatically what resolution the system is running at and selects the appropriate toolbar icon size. It selects large size for 1280x1024, 1152x864 and 1024x768 and small size for 800x600 and 640x480. Using the startup option /Px this selection can be forced to a particular size to accommodate the various video device drivers.

If the switches number 13 through 18 are not properly spaced with regard to the other modules, your video driver may be using 96dpi mode. Use the option /96 and HOUSE/290 will properly space the switch modules.

The following startup options are recognized: /Pb selects large icons for toolbar.
/Ps selects small icons for toolbar.
/96 used for proper switch positioning when using 96 dpi video drivers.

Important: Start-up options are case sensitive and are recognized by the H290.EXE and H290MAIN.EXE executables.

To enter the startup options do the following:

For the Matrox video card use the /Pb option if you are running 800x600, 120dpi and 10 point (medium) OS/2 System Font. See the section on Troubleshooting for more information.

The splash screen (H290.EXE) starts up H290MAIN.EXE and CP290CE.EXE if auto load is enabled. H290.EXE checks if H290MAIN.EXE and CP290CE.EXE are already loaded and will not start these programs again if already running. You can start H290MAIN.EXE or CP290.EXE individually by double-clicking on the respective icons. The initial splash screen will not be shown in this case.