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T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Can I do a "Virtual Desktop" in Window?   Or is that
> only a Wine/Linux thing?
> 
> A "Virtual Desktop" opens a windows of a specific size and the
> programs that run in it think they are running at the resolution
> of the window.
> 
> This gets around programs like Lotus Approach that weird out
> on high resolution screens.  (Approach is only stable up to
> 1920x1440.  My screen is 4096x2160.)

You have a different definition of what is a virtual desktop.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/multiple-desktops-in-windows-36f52e38-5b4a-557b-2ff9-e1a60c976434#WindowsVersion=Windows_11

In the past, 3rd party software was needed to manage virtual desktops.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop

I have used dexpot, but it got abandoned back in 2016 when Microsoft
added virtual desktops to Windows 10.  VirtuWin is another (discontinued
in 2021).  Sysinternals had a Desktops program, but that was also
discontinued in 2021.  I never tried CubeDesktop NXT.  There are several
alternatives to dexpot.  Possibly some may let you define the maximum
window size for the desktop presented as a virtual desktop.  Possibly
they support independent window scaling (Settings > System > Display,
"Scale and layout", drop-down menu to select scaling percentage), but I
doubt it.  Presumably the maximum window size supported by the Lotus
Approach program is too small for your eyes, or your customer's, and you
want a bigger window, but not higher resolution (which actually makes
text look smaller since the same number of pixels used for a character
occupies less space due to closer pixels).

Microsoft's Azure, Amazon Workspaces, and Citrix DaaS have other
definition.  Their virtual desktop makes you think you are one a
computer.  You log into their service, and get what appears to you a
computer.

Virtual desktop are not the same as limiting a window's dimensions.
Have you tried compatibility mode with Lotus Approach?  Some video
drivers come with ancilliary software that can change the video
attributes when a particular program is detected when loaded.  I know
the AMD Adrenalin tool does something like that for games, but I've
never used it.  When I had a video game that fucked up the screen
resolution (didn't resume the prior resolution when the game exited), I
used a batch script to change the video resolution to what the game
supported, ran the game, and on its exit the script would reset the
screen resolution to the prior setting.

I found a script that supposedly sets the window size for Lotus
Approach.  Look at:

http://www.johnbrown.com.au/approach/webfaq04902875.html

I don't know if that will open a window larger than the max size
supported by Lotus Approach.

This gal mentions changing the page size to alter the window size:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/726084/lotus-approach-widescreen-in-windows-10/

According to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Approach

the last release of Lotus Approach was back in 2008.  Are you using the
latest version?  If not, could be a max window size limitation got
addressed in a later version.

Alternative RDBMS software, like PostgreSQL or mySQL, is not an option?

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