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In article <1992Aug16.201203.4985@gw.wmich.edu> x91clifton1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>In article <1992Aug15.230628.2317@stortek.com>, eldenbrg@stortek.com (Dave Eldenburg) writes:
>> In article <713823955snx@sugs.tware.com> landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis) writes:
>>>In article <1992Aug14.153224.26174@stortek.com> eldenbrg@stortek.com writes:
>>>  >
>>>  > I have been through the manuals and I cannot figure out how to get
>>>  > the number of lines and the number of columns defined for the screen
>>>  > in a non-pm program.
>>>  >
>>>Use the VioGetMode() call.
>> 
>> I beleive this is an OS/2 1.x call and is only supported for migration.
>> There is no referance to this or any other Vio call in the IBM Technical
>> Doc.
>> 
>> Thanks anyway Hale, see you in a couple weeks...
>> 
>> Still seeking info.
>>  
>> Dave
>
>All the {Vio,Kbd,Mou} calls are indeed 16-bit calls left over from OS/2 1.x.
>Try getting a copy of `Advanced OS/2 Programming' by Ray Duncan for a
>discussion of Vio calls.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>/Doug

So, are you saying there is no way to get this info using an OS/2 2.0
call?  Is this IBM's way of telling us that the command line is
dead and all new systems should be designed for PM?  There are a lot of
applications that don't really need that kind of a user interface.

Dave