Windows/DOS interaction

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2 total messages Started by Erick Hammersmark Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:32

#2344

Author: 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.

Re: Windows/DOS interaction

#2370

Author: Jeremy Mathers
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:01

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In article <1k2ltmINNhdl@shelley.u.washington.edu> ehammers@stein.u.washington.edu (Erick Hammersmark) writes:
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>Is it possible for a DOS program to communicate with Windows?  Can you do
...
>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?

This seems to be a general problem, to which the general answer is "No."

There is a package called WinBatch (shareware slowly turning into
commercialware) that can help.  I recommend it, although it has some
quirky limitations in this regard (communication with DOS windows)

I posted another item asking for help in popping up the system menu.
Basically, if you can do that under programmatic control, then you can
do anything.  That is the critical link between the world of Windoze and
the world of DOS.

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