Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! (now error messages)

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From: Kevin Lowey
Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 20:57

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From article <1991May10.114309.28926@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, by tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen):
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> Can anyone tell me whether OS/2 2.0 still has those horrible OS/360-style
> error messages in character mode?  Do we have to wait for OS/2 NT to get
> non-obnoxious error messages?

Yes and no.  The messages are still there by default, but you can add the line:

AUTOFAIL YES

which is supposed to disable the messages, and return the error code to the
program for it to handle.

- Kevin Lowey (LOWEY@Sask.USask.CA)

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From: lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey)
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