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>When we run DOS programs from within Win-OS/2, a new and
>different session of Virtual DOS machines is opened upon
>WorkPlaceShell in the version 2.11. Is this still the case
>with Warp? If so, some Windows programs which call DOS
>programs background has not worked on Win-OS/2 still. Eg,
>archive managers like WinZip when it picks up LZH files.
>Will this trouble be fixed?

I don't think it is considerred a problem. OS/2 uses it's own dos support, not 
windows dos support, which would be why, when you are in a full screen win 
session, that it come back to os/2 and starts a dos session, for a dos app. 

As for winzip, if you have version 4 (I believe) or higher, it has the 
capability to use it's built in pkzip 2.04g support, and not shell to dos. I 
believ that is an option under it's configuration options. 

>By the way, what about WindowsNT 3.5 and Windows95 when we
>run DOS programs from within 32-bit Windows sessions?

They don't run windows programs the same way, as they support windows apps 
directly, without starting a windows session/s to run them. 

>Please followup to both comp.os.* and fj.os.misc, which is
>the USENET From Japan. Thanks
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>Satoshi KUSUNOKI


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Barry A Barr (barry@mcs.com) wrote:
: >When we run DOS programs from within Win-OS/2, a new and
: >different session of Virtual DOS machines is opened upon
: >WorkPlaceShell in the version 2.11. Is this still the case
: >with Warp? If so, some Windows programs which call DOS
: >programs background has not worked on Win-OS/2 still. Eg,
: >archive managers like WinZip when it picks up LZH files.
: >Will this trouble be fixed?

: I don't think it is considerred a problem. OS/2 uses it's own dos support, not 
: windows dos support, which would be why, when you are in a full screen win 
: session, that it come back to os/2 and starts a dos session, for a dos app. 

: As for winzip, if you have version 4 (I believe) or higher, it has the 
: capability to use it's built in pkzip 2.04g support, and not shell to dos. I 
: believ that is an option under it's configuration options. 

The problem is that some windows apps shell out to DOS to do something
and expect that they don't continue until the DOS session has finished
- i.e. done its work. Unfortunately under OS/2 a new DOS window is started
and as soon as this is open the windows app is told to continue - thus
getting mightily confused when all the files it expect the DOS program to
have produced aren't there!

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In <D294p6.JoG@info.bris.ac.uk>, des@pact.srf.ac.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
>Barry A Barr (barry@mcs.com) wrote:
>: >When we run DOS programs from within Win-OS/2, a new and
>: >different session of Virtual DOS machines is opened upon
>: >WorkPlaceShell in the version 2.11. Is this still the case
>: >with Warp? If so, some Windows programs which call DOS
>: >programs background has not worked on Win-OS/2 still. Eg,
>: >archive managers like WinZip when it picks up LZH files.
>: >Will this trouble be fixed?
>

If you turn off DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION from the Win-OS/2 settings
page, Windows programs which shell to DOS should work.

Dave

In article <3f3hq3$f7m@Tandem.CAM.ORG> pifus@cam.org@smtp.hip.cam.org  (David A. Taylor) writes:

 |>: >When we run DOS programs from within Win-OS/2, a new and
 |>: >different session of Virtual DOS machines is opened upon
 |>: >WorkPlaceShell in the version 2.11. Is this still the case
 |>: >with Warp? If so, some Windows programs which call DOS
 |>: >programs background has not worked on Win-OS/2 still. Eg,
 |>: >archive managers like WinZip when it picks up LZH files.
 |>: >Will this trouble be fixed?
 |>
 |
 |If you turn off DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION from the Win-OS/2 settings
 |page, Windows programs which shell to DOS should work.
 |
 |Dave

Hi Dave,

Unfortunately this does not solve the problem. WinZip
doesn't work.

Satoshi
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