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In <1992Sep7.014647.4906@news.Hawaii.Edu> Dave Tholen writes:
>I have a 16-bit OS/2 application that I would like to recompile for 32-bit
>OS/2.  This application currently uses KbdCharIn to retrieve keystrokes
>from the keyboard.  There is no 32-bit version of KbdCharIn, though it
>appears that DosDevIOCtl, Category 4, Function 74H, "Read Character Data
>Records" may be a satisfactory substitute.
>
>I have documentation for the 16-bit DosDevIOCtl in the form of Ray Duncan's
>book and the include files for the 16-bit compiler, but all I have at the
>moment for the 32-bit DosDevIOCtl are the include files for the 32-bit
>compiler.  Both Duncan's book and the include file list five arguments to
>the 16-bit DosDevIOCtl, but the 32-bit compiler's include file lists nine
>arguments.  I've concluded that DosDevIOCtl has been changed and that I
>need more documentation before attempting to determine whether DosDevIOCtl
>will serve as a replacement for KbdCharIn.  Calling the 16-bit KbdCharIn
>API from the 32-bit version of the program is an alternative that I'd like
>to avoid, because my compiler doesn't support it at this time.
>
>For a short term solution, can somebody tell me what the syntax is for the
>32-bit DosDevIOCtl call?  For a long term solution, can somebody recommend
>an OS/2 2.0 counterpart to Ray Duncan's book?
>
>

   Since there is no OS/2 V2 counterpart of Ray Duncan's book (yet?).
But you can buy the "OS/2 2.0 Technical Library: volume Control Program
Reference". You have all the DosXXX calls documented.
   The IOCTLs are documented in the volume "Physical Device Driver Reference".

   -Joel Armengaud