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Article #783Re: Why not? (Utils dont work in a window - WHY?)
From: Stimpy
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 04:28
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 04:28
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> How does OS2 know if it is an OS2 or a DOS application? Why can't DOS > applications just run in an OS2 window- esp if they do not use > graphics? Is there an "import" facility to import text line DOS to OS2? Yes, why can't the text of the DOS app (especially if it is just a text app as most are) be 'imported' (for lack of a better word) to the OS/2 window's handle (or whatever it would be--I'm new to PM programming)? Curious. -Jr stimpy@jupiter.nmt.edu -- Windows...It's like a stale cookie. OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!nmt.edu!stimpy From: stimpy@nmt.edu (Stimpy) Subject: Re: Why not? (Utils dont work in a window - WHY?) Message-ID: <1992Oct3.042815.6421@nmt.edu> Organization: New Mexico Tech References: <1992Oct1.144418.14009@alf.uib.no> <price.717967414@helios> <unruh.717986584@physics.ubc.ca> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 04:28:15 GMT Lines: 18