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- TO GET MORE ENVIRONMENT SPACE IN A DESQVIEW WINDOW UNDER DOS V3
-
- I'm running MS-DOS 3.20 and DESQview 2.00. To get adequate
- environment space in a DOS window, I specify the following program
- options:
-
- Program...: COMMAND <- note: no .COM!
- Parameters: /E:384 /C C:\DV\SETS.BAT
- Directory.: C:\
- Options:
- Close on exit to DOS.........: [Y]
-
- Of course you should tailor the /E parameter to your flavor of DOS to
- give you the environment space you need. (Note that /E in Version
- 3.20 specifies space in *bytes*, whereas in prior Versions 3.xx it
- specifies space in (16-byte) *paragraphs*.)
-
- The contents of my C:\DV\SETS.BAT:
-
- echo off
- prompt $p $g <- or whatever you like
- set <- multiple set statements, etc.
- set
- ...
- command.com <- gives you the prompt
-
- The result is a COMMAND.COM prompt. The window closes when you type
- "exit".
-
- I use the same method to get adequate environment space when running
- an application program that needs a number of environment variables,
- using a unique batch file with "command.com" replaced by the
- application program.