Can I make Win98 Dos Window scrollable?

[Tom Tang]

Unlike Win2000, Win98 doesn't have scroll bar for DOS window. This makes debugging Java run-time error extremely hard. Does anyone has a way out?

[Colin Kenworthy]

I don't think you can set scrollbars in Win98 but you can send the output to a text file instead, and read that in Notepad.
Create your own PrintStream:
> PrintStream yourPrintstream = new Printstream(new FileOutputStream("yourFile.txt"))
and and point System.out to it:
> System.setOut(yourPrintStream)
Then all your System.out.println() calls will be directed there.
Or could set System.err the same way and call System.err.println() for your error displays.

[Tom Tang]

Thanks a lot for the help.
There are many potential run-time error-generating codes in different files inside the project. Is it possible to set the System.err to the text file just once instead of doing it everytime when an error might happen?

[Andreas Johansson]

Do it in your start up class (the one with the main method) before you initiate everyting else. Use both System.setOut() and System.setErr() to be sure to write everything to the text file.
/Andreas

[Tom Tang]

Thank you for the help. I think another way is just redirect dos prompt to the file directly. Something like
java Myclass > debug.txt

[Timothy Willard]

1. Create a short cut for your ms-dos prompt on your desktop.
2. Right click on the ms-dos icon.
3. Select properties.
4. Click the layout tab.
5. Set the screen buffer size height to 500
6. Click OK
You should now have a ms-dos prompt with scroll bars and a buffer size of 500.