Thanks.

Your right, changing the data type from int to var now displays
the digits being updated in both windowed and full screen mode.

What's still freakin me out a little bit , is why the
the window mode would effect the display. I know that the variable
set as an int is incrementing, because I used its value as a condition
in a for loop, but it just aint displaying as being incremented in the
panel when I'm in fullscreen.

Anyway, thanks again for pointing me to your post.