Windows NT and EMS for DOS programs

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2 total messages Started by Daniel W. Mathiasen Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00

#2204

Author: Daniel W. Mathiasen
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00

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Hi all,

I need to start a DOS program in Windows NT, I do this with CreateProcess(...), 
and everything is fine, unless if the program I am calling uses EMS, then it 
won't start, and if I check how much EMS I have, it is zero.

I know how I can set the EMS on a specific shortcut, what I don't know is how to 
programatically call an exe file and get the EMS memory I need.

Any help would be appriciated.


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Re: Windows NT and EMS for DOS programs

#2205

Author: Anders Borum
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:00

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Daniel W. Mathiasen <mathiasen.news@nospam.iname.com> wrote in message news:MPG.11a79d6af2794d3e98968f@news.tele.dk...

> I need to start a DOS program in Windows NT, I do this with CreateProcess(...), 
> and everything is fine, unless if the program I am calling uses EMS, then it 
> won't start, and if I check how much EMS I have, it is zero.
> 
> I know how I can set the EMS on a specific shortcut, what I don't know is how to 
> programatically call an exe file and get the EMS memory I need.

Try using CreateProcess to call the shortcut (with correct memory settings) directly?

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