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From: aeldridge@p473.f150.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Alan Eldridge)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Borland C++ calling XMS Driver
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 12:21:08 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3603/150.473 - Carrie's Living Roo, Largo FL

To: wagner@main.mndly.umn.edu

29 Aug 92, Rick Wagner writes to All:

 RW> Set AX=4310h and INT 2F.  This will return the address of the XMS
 RW> driver in ES:BX.  I can call this function with an INT86x and get the
 RW> address returned (confirmed) but I can't figure out how to call the XMS
 RW> driver at ES:BX.  I read the longjump stuff in the manual and I'm now
 RW> totally confused.
 RW>

1. Longjmp() has got nothing to do with this... it is for unwinding the stack after a failed operation 57 function calls deep or for switching tasks in pseudo-multitaskers.

2. Take a look at this...

typedef void far (*XF)() = 0;

unsigned short  usXMSSeg = 0;
unsigned short  usXMSOff = 0;
XF              xfXMS = (XF)0;

int GetXMSPtr()
{
        _AX=0x4310;
        geninterrupt(0x2f);
        usXMSOff = _BX;
        usXMSSeg = _ES;
        xfXMS = (XF)MK_FP(usXMSSeg, usXMSOff);
        return xfXMS != 0;
};

// example to call XMS driver with AX set to some value

int XMSCall(unsigned short axval)
{
        _AX=axval;
        xfXMS();
        return _AX;
}

Hope this clears up some of the confusion for you.

Alan

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From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
Subject: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ diff 1 of 4
Expires: Sun, 20 Sep 1992 00:23:20 GMT
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:23:20 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.programmer

Archive-name: msdos-programmer-faq/diff1
Last-modified: 22 August 1992


As the FAQ list is quite long, I'm posting diffs for those of you who
already have copies of last month's edition.  If you want the complete
list, don't worry: I'm posting it at about the same time but as a
separate thread: look for "comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part" in the
Subject line.

As usual, I've omitted trivial diffs, those involving only formatting
and punctuation, and those that show renumbered Qs with no text change.


- 12>Last-modified: 19 July 1992
+ 12>Last-modified: 22 August 1992

+ 68>    205. Why did my program bomb with "floating point not loaded"?

+ 94>    407. How can my program open more files than DOS's limit of 20?

+120>    709. What can I use to manage versions of software?

-137>    B05. What's in Borland C++ 3.0, Turbo C++ 3.0, Application
-138>         Frameworks?

First-time contributors:  Preston Bannister, Gerald Ruderman, Tapio
Sand, Tom Swingle, Gregory Youngblood.  Thanks also to the repeat
contributors!

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From: danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dan Odom)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: OEM String
Date: 30 Aug 1992 15:26:05 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Summary: OEM String ?
Keywords: OEM, DOS, version

How do I figure out what the "OEM string" is in MS-DOS 5.0?  Neither of
the "standard" services for discovering version stuff (30h and 3306h)
returns it, and I can't find a reference to it anywhere in the programmer's
reference.  Also, is there a DR-DOS programmer's reference?  Is it worth
getting or should I use the MS one?

Pls. reply via email.
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From: riepe@ifwm11.ifw.uni-hannover.de (Michael Riepe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Question: Forcing BC++ to compile a module
Date: 31 Aug 92 00:19:41 GMT
Organization: University of Hannover, Germany - IFW

In article <HANNU.NYMAN.92Aug28221910@vipunen.hut.fi>, Hannu.Nyman@hut.fi (Hannu Nyman) writes:
|> I would like to force Borland C++ IDE compiler to compile a module
|> every time I do a 'make' in IDE, regardless of the last modification
|> date of that module.
|> 
|> So, when I change any module and do a 'make' inside IDE, I would like
|> BC to compile not only the changed module(s), but also this one
|> special module.
|> 
|> Does anybody know a switch or compiler directive that does the job?

Maybe you can do it this way: Go to the Project window and open the Options dialog box for the file you want to be automatically rebuilt. Set the field for the target (.OBJ) file in this dialog to a file that does not exist (and will not be created during the make/build). As far as I know, the target file is just for the dependency check done by make and should not affect the location of the .OBJ file created.

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From: eystein@smyril.fi.uib.no (Eystein Dugstad)
Subject: How to use interrupt to logg data at regular intervals?
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 14:31:42 GMT

I have written a menu program using Borland C++ 3.0 to control some  
peripherals, and now I need to log some housekeeping data at regular  
intervals without terminating my program. I believe that I need interrupt  
routines to do this, and since I've no experience with interrupts I could  
use some hints about where to start.

If you know about a book that covers this topic, you have done this  
yourself and/or have some example programs that you'll let me look at,  
it's great. (I'll credit you in my thesis.)

Thanks in advance

Eystein Dugstad
University of Bergen, Norway
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: yogi@cs.ubc.ca (Yossi Gil)
Subject: Re: Another MsDos batch programming challenge
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 15:28:16 GMT

ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:

>I have another MsDos batch programming challenge for you (I already
>have a solution).  Write a batch that returns (sets an environment
>variable) to give the current directory.  Only MsDos internal and
>external commands are allowed.  (The MsDos command.com command
>interpreter is to be assumed.  Not 4DOS, not DRDOS.)

Following my tradition of suggesting dirty tricks here is my 3
lines version: 

cd >> %0
echo echo %%set%% >> %0
set set=^Z

(The above should be invoked with the .BAT extension. It should 
be quite easy to remove this restriction)
	

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: WP DataPerfect: Record selection problem
From: G.Eustace@massey.ac.nz (Glen Eustace)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:27:10 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c

Sometime ago I developed a small application using the WP DataPerfect
product.  It was turned over to some one else and they have recently
tried to add a couple of reports.  They came to me when things didn't
work as expected but I have not used the product for ages and have no
idea why what they are trying to do doesn't work.

There is a field on a panel that is defined as D99/99/99, the global
date definition is set for DD/MM/YY.  How does one specifiy a date
comparison in the include/exclude formula for the report.  What he
wants to do is pick out all the records where the field is greater
than 01/01/92.  We have tried various things but always get all
records. e.g. we have tried

P4F3 > "01/01/92"

P4F3 > 01/01/92

Can someone tell me what we should put in the formula ?

Thanks.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: huebner@borneo.gmd.de (Uwe Huebner)
Subject: Good bibliography database (PD)?
Keywords: bibliography, database
Reply-To: huebner@eissn5.gmd.de
Organization: GMD, German National Research Center for Computer Science
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:53:31 GMT

Hi,
who knows a good bibliography program for storing and retrieving
bibliography information like in a database (PD)?
Perhaps there exist programs for special database languages?

Please answer per E-Mail.

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From: thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen)
Subject: Agenda group or mailing list
Keywords: agenda
Organization: NASA/MSFC
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:08:06 GMT

I've been using Lotus Agenda 2.0 for a couple of weeks now, and am extremely
impressed.

Does anyone know if there is a newsgroup or mailing list that specifically
addresses Agenda use, users, or applications?

TIA
Keith

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From: sgranade@obu.arknet.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: WANTED: Adventure Game Toolkit for MSDOS computers
Date: 27 Aug 1992 17:14:53 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

I am trying to get ahold of a version of the Adventure Game Toolkit (AGT)
for MSDOS that is later than the 1.15 that I have found.  I have heard
that they are up to version 1.5.  If anyone has information as to where I
can find it (via anonymous FTP, etc.) or can send me a copy through the mail,
I would really appreciate it.  Please send any replies through the mail, as
I have trouble getting Usenet access.  Thanks!

Stephen Granade
Internet: sgranade@obu.arknet.edu
S-mail: 2713 Lynwood Dr.  Arkadelphia, AR 71923  USA
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Subject: Re: SED for MSDOS?
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:56:46 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.180726.3577@natinst.com> winkeler@natinst.com (Keith Winkeler) writes:
>Does anyone know of a version of SED (the Unix stream editor)
>for DOS?

GNU's sed has been ported to DOS.  Try Simtel.

John

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Bitmap output from MSWord (DOS) 5.x
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:45:36 GMT

sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes:


>  IS there any way to make MS Word 5.x 'print' to a bitmap output in
>some standard graphics format (tiff, pcx, etc.). I know this raises the
>question of fonts and resolution but maybe someone has built those into
>a printer driver ??
...
>  How about postscript output to a file as input to a PS rasterizer ? Can
>Ghostscript or one of the commercial programs produce a standard bitmap ?

>  Is one of the output-to-fax programs a possible alternative in terms of
>being able to capture and translate the output ?
...

The PC Mag utility PRN2FILE will take printer output and redirect it into
a file you name.  

-JTT
From: simion@iveuncc.unive.it (Marco Simionato)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: insider info on DR DOS 7?
Date: 3 Sep 92 14:00:29 GMT
Organization: University of Venezia (Italy)
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9X-XXDate: Thu, 3 Sep 92 15:03:47 GMTLines: 4

Does anybody have info on DR DOS 7: when it will be out, what it will
feature,...?

Please reply DIRECTLY to me, I can browse this list on a regular basis.
From: rusu@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (LMRusu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Help with Qemm386, Emm386 and Procomm Plus
Date: 28 Aug 92 06:06:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

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From: damien@erich.triumf.ca (DAMIEN GALLOP)
Subject: Microlytics address
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: DOS,Microlytics,Infodesk
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:09:00 GMT

Some time ago a reader posted an address request for Microlytics, the maker 
of Infodesk and its applications such as The Elements of Style. (The book is 
THE writers' style guide.) Here it is:

	Microlytics, Inc.
	Two Tobey Village Office Park
	Pittsford, New York
	14534

						All the best. Damien

email: damien@reg.triumf.ca 
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Character capturing utilities?
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:54:35 GMT

buckley@milton.u.washington.edu ( ) writes:

>  Does anyone know of a utility that will intercept and save
>all typed characters to a file (including characters typed
>inside applications)?


This option may not be viable for you, but if you have access to DESQview,
create a script in the application in question, and use DV's Convert a Script
program to turn it into a text file.  Of course, in DESQview you can always
rerun this script to duplicate those keystrokes.  

Many remote access programs (such as PC-Anywhere) offer some logging
features, but they may only capture screen sequences, not keystrokes.

-JTT
From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: DR DOS vs 4dos+Msdos+Stacker
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:06:22 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <Aug28.084239.47863@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> peters@CS.ColoState.EDU (eric peters) writes:
>>
>>Here is the route I have taken:
>>4dos/msdos5/stacker/qemm/hyperdisk/nnansi
>>what else can I say? :)  641048 free conventional (4MB total)
> here is mine:
> 4dos/msdos5/stacker/qemm/ncache/nansi/(a bunch of other TSR's)
>  638900 free conventional mem (2MB total)

4dos/msdos5/superstore2.0/qemm/smartdrv/zansi/mouse
635K free

and as a bonus, if I boot in monochrome mode (no windows or graphics, alas)
i have 648.7 K free...

In choosing between superstore and stacker (software ver, only) choose the
one that is lower in cost.  They do the same thing and are equally reliable
and give the same performance gains (although I have tried the exact same
mix of files, partitions, and disk size with both to do a comparison).
From: yoshi@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (D M Yoshikami)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: EMACS for DOS
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:40:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Naval Medical Center

Is there a place (anon ftp site) where I can get a copy of EMACS for DOS?

I normally don't get a chance to read this newsgroup, so please reply by
E-mail, or if there is a FAQ, let me know.

DY :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Subject: Accounting system needed
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 01:50:27 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa

I'm looking for a DOS based accounting system for use at a company
that does bookkeeping for other companies.  The software should
be able to support 100 companies.  It shoul d have payroll, be
network ready, and each comapny in the system should be
independently configurable.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: dkantor@uspi2.Prime.COM (Dave Kantor)
Subject: Help with PC-File database application
Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:35:05 GMT

My wife is running PC-File revision 6.0, and encounters a problem with
printing labels.  When she attempts to use the "Label Layout" option on the "Label Setup Definition" menu, she gets an error message: "cannot open index file 
<indexname>.NDX", and then is queried for another index name.  This same
error is repeated for each index she attempts to select.  The documentation
regarding this option says nothing about indexes, and all of her indexes
are where they should be on the disk.
She rebuilt all the indexes on this file in case there was some kind of 
corruption, but that did not solve the problem.  Any and all help with this
problem would be greatly appreciated, as the prospect of addressing 200+
envelopes by hand has made her an unhappy camper.

Thanks in advance...

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From: hooven@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Chris Hooven)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:33:01 GMT
Subject: Re: NEED TSR.....PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps

Try Info Select 2.0, the networking version.  I think it will fill your
needs admirably.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: damien@reg.triumf.ca (DAMIEN GALLOP)
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Education version???
Summary: Prices and versions available
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: WordPerfect education
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 06:48:00 GMT

In article <d7fnhb_.jeffgus@netcom.com>, jeffgus@netcom.com (Jeffrey Gustafson) writes...
>	Does anybody know if WordPerfect has a Windows version of the
>Educational package?  I've talked to two different people and got two
>different answers.
>	Thanks in advance for the info.
>				...Jeff
>				jeffgus@netcom.com
> 

Yes. I bought an educational version. Check your university bookstore. (You
have to be staff or student, of course.) It's identical to the street version.

					All the best. Damien
email: damien@reg.triumf.ca

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: wjudmaie@nyx.cs.du.edu (Werner Judmaier)
Subject: Capturing characters in 3270 emulation
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 15:34:35 GMT

On behalf of the data processing department of our Hospital I am seking help 
with the following question:
How can the screen output be saved on disk, when a 3270 emulation is used on 
a PC to communicate with a mainframe.
Specifics: The software used is 'personal communications manager V1.01' from
Microsoft running under MS Windows 3.1 (Dos 5.0). The PC is connected via
SNA interface to a mainframe.  After logging on the user is entering data
on the keyboard and gets results on the PC's CRT. Both data - the one 
entered by the user and the output of the mainframe should be captured 
locally on the PC to avoid double data entry (e.g. for a locally kept
data base).
The program description  does not readily explain such a feature.
If anybody can think about a solution to this problem, please send
personal E-Mail to one of the adresses below. I will forward your
replies


E-Mail: c54101@u1.uibk.ac.at
<or>    wjudmaie@nyx.cs.du.edu

With many thanks
                  Werner Judmaier
                  Innsbruck,Austria

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: frotz@dri.com (Frotz)
Subject: Re: DRDOS, Problems with Diskopt
Reply-To: frotz@novell.com
Organization: Desktop Systems Group/Novell, Monterey CA/USA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:26:19 GMT

rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Robert White) writes:
] 
] Also, be careful of the recent DRDOS upgrade sent out by Novell.  I
] called them

4/91 ?

] (flame on - after they made me rummage around for my install disks to
] prove I'm registered - even though I'm in their database
] how-did-i-get-there, flame off),

...Just to take some of the heat off...
The registration database is _not_ the same as the techsup database
which tracks your call records.  Their not even at the same sites!
It's amazing that we do as much as we do, given the short amount of
time that Novell has had to integrate the Digital Research
functions/data. 

] Apparently this only happens on a subset of all machines, wish I could
] have gotten more details from them, but the technical person wasn't
] very familiar with things technical.  oh well. 

You'd have to ask me by mail, as I don't think that this is really
"public" information that should be posted.  (I could be wrong, but
I'd rather be safe.)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: hiroki@AIX (Hiroki Morizono)
Subject: Printing to a Unix queue from an Ethernetted MSDOS box-How?
Reply-To: hiroki@limerick.cbs.umn.edu
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 02:37:10 GMT

I have an XT clone with an ethernet card in it, and I'd like to
be able to use WordPerfect 4.X or 5.1, and either output PostScript (so
I can ftp the file up to my unix account, and lpr it,)
or print to some kind of spooler that would do a WordPerfect to PS conversion,
then (ideally) route it to a PostScript queue 
Is there any easy way to do this?
--It's so much easier on a mac... :-(
Any email much appreciated
Thanks in advance,
Hiroki Morizono
Department of Biochemistry
University of Minnesota
hiroki@limerick.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
Subject: Re: Compressing GIF/JPEG/BMP files
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:20:50 GMT

kak1@cypress31.cray.com (Kevin Kramer) writes:


>In article <1992Aug26.144219.7732@oracorp.com>, ras@oracorp.com (Rick Smith) writes:
>> I've been trying to find a archive program that will compress
>> the formats mentioned above.  PKZIP does not do this.  I'd
>> like to archive off some of stuff I've accumulated over the years
>> and not take 25 floppies to do it.  Any suggestions?
>> 
>> the rickster
>
>Convert everything to JPEG files.  When I converted my GIF files to JPEG, I 
>would get aroung 60-70% reduction in the file size. (quite significant)
>I think that JPEG was invented to do just as you ask, so you won't find any 
>better compression.  (at least that I know of)

You should remember that jpeg files loose some of the original information 
contained in the image. That is generally acceptable for photos, but not
for drawings and other graphical stuff. I wouldn't recommend jpeg at all
really unless you're really out of storage space. gif does not lose any
information.

>Kevin

Wolfgang

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