Windows/DOS interaction

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From: Erick Hammersmark
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:32

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Is it possible for a DOS program to communicate with Windows?  Can you do
stuff like get the task list, change the active task, etc. from a custom
made DOS app?  I have a TP6 unit that can detect the presence of various
multi-taskers, and can allow you to do stuff like give up the rest of your
time slice, but what I'd really like to do is have a DESQview-like menu that
I can popup from DOS (for those times when all I want to do is switch between
DOS tasks).  I know that Alt-Tab can do this, but it's kinda annoying, and
Ctrl-Esc kicks you back into graphics mode.  Is this at all possible?

Erick.

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