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Re: YES! VIO/MOU/KBD documentation is here??

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From: David Charlap
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:02
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In article <1993Jan07.192226.20809@kvamdata.no> ekl@kvamdata.no (Eirik Lygre) writes:
>The below quote is from an IBM CFORUM called os2tlkit,
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>PRCP - OS/2 Online Programming Reference, Missing Sections
>
>The PRCP package is now available for download from the OS/2 BBS
>Software Library, Documentation Section.
>
>The PRCP package provides the sections to the online OS/2 Programming
>Reference that were "missing" in what came with the OS/2 2.0 ToolKit.
>The ZIP file unpacks to a single ".INF" file that can be incorporated
>with the other INF files that came with the OS/2 2.0 ToolKit. The
>"missing" sections it provides are:
>
>Control Programming Function Calls
>Keyboard Function Calls                                     <- KBD-calls?
>Mouse Function Calls                                        <- MOU-calls?
>Video Function Calls                                        <- VIO-calls?
>Errors Returned from Base OS/2 Calls (Numeric Order)
>----------------------------------------------------------------------

Although, I don't think it will document ALL of them.  The only VIO
calls that work with 32-bit code are the AVIO calls, because they are
device independant.  It says (in the redbooks) that the non-portable
calls have no "thunk" layer, and that they only exist for
compatibility with 16-bit code.


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