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Article #572Re: OS/2 Resources - Control Window Definition
From: Larry Salomon Jr.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:25
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:25
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In <10930@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu> das11@starling.cs.uofs.edu (David Sobeski) writes: > once again, i am going to post this question to anyone with > some insight... > problem : i want to allow a user to change the position of > controls on the screen. in fact, i want to create > a dialog box editor-like application that will allow > a user to customize the interface. instead of saving > the changes to a .RES file, i want to make the changes > directly to the .EXE. under the macintosh environment, > api's are provided for this type of functionality. > are there equivalents in os/2? if these functions do > not exist, is the format of the .EXE defined well > enough that i can make the changes by writing directly > to the .EXE? Good luck. There is no API to do this and OS/2 locks the .EXE while the program is executing in any process space. Sounds like you're gonna have to write it as a separate file. :( -- Cheers, Q ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you still choose not to decide, | "My other account is in the
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!panix!os2man From: os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Subject: Re: OS/2 Resources - Control Window Definition Keywords: OS/2 Message-ID: <1992Jul30.032541.19247@panix.com> Date: 30 Jul 92 03:25:41 GMT References: <10930@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu> Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC Lines: 27