Detecting DOS sessions in Windows

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From: Robert Nee
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 14:22

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I have a question for all of you experts.  How can I determine if
a DOS application is running full screen under windows.  I am
writing a windows program that opens a window in the background but
I need to be able to determine if the user is in a full screen DOS
session first to prevent from dumping him back into windows.

I know how to check if the active window is a DOS window, by checking
it's class name.  I'm stumped after that.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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