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Article #2189Re: Running a PIF file using CreateProcess in an allocated console window
From: Olof Lagerkvist
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:00
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:00
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Bob Masta wrote: > On 26 Apr 2004 07:15:18 -0700, ran_tao@netvision.net.il (Ran) wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>I am trying to find a way to execute a pif file within the context of >>my own application's console using AllocConsole. >> >>My basic need is to have the console in my context so I can use the >>console API's AND I must use the pif parameters for EMS, XMS, and a >>few other parameters. >> > > > Are there still such things as EMS and XMS still lurking under > Windows? I always thought they were just for 16-bit DOS > applications. (Or are you trying to run DOS applications?) He is talking about PIF files and such files are only used to run DOS applications... There is nothing like EMS and XMS in 32-bit Windows but it is emulating this to 16-bit DOS applications. The settings for the emulations are stored in PIF files. -- Olof Lagerkvist ICQ: 724451 Web page: http://here.is/olof
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