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DVUTIL release 1.1 - Desqview utilities for the common person
Copyright 1990 by PowerSoft and David G. Thomas
We may be reached at the PowerSoft BBS (404) 928-9294
You are free to use this program as you please, and distribute it
to your friends. I only ask that you do not alter the program, and
you include this file when you pass it on.
Usage: DVUTIL [options]
Options that perform actions:
-FGOnly 0/1 : Tells if this task is to run only in the foreground
-GOBack : Send this task into the background
-GOFore : Send this task into the foreground
-HOGCPU 0/1 : Tells whether to allow task switches
-Open pif cmd dir: Open a window and run a command in the specified dir
-SOUND freq,dur : Make a sound
-Status : Print some DESQview status info
-SUSpend : Suspend processing in the background
-WRITE string : Write to the bottom line of the physical screen
Options that change the current window parameters:
-25 : Make this a full size 25 line window
-43 : Make this a full size 43 line window (EGA only)
-50 : Make this a full size 50 line window (VGA only)
-WinFrame 0/1 : Tell if a window frame is desired
-WinFrameAtr atr : Set the video attribute of the window frame
-WinJustify 0/1 : Tells if DV may do auto window justification
-WinORiGin r c : Set the scroll origin
-WinPosition r c : Set the current window position
-WinSize row col : Set the current window size
-WinSize : Set the window to full logical size
-WinLogSize r c : Set the logical window size (pad size)
-WinLogSize : Set the logical window size to be full screen
-WinMaxSize r c : Set the maximum window size
-WinMinSize r c : Set the minimum window size
-WinZoomAll : Set the window to show all of this screen
-WinTitle string : Set the title of this window
Options that set the DOS ERRORLEVEL:
-InDesqView : Determine if we are in DESQview - 2 means No
-ScreenCols : Get the number of columns on the full screen
-ScreenRows : Get the number of rows on the full screen
-Window : Get the current window number
-WinRows : Get the number of rows in the window
-WinCols : Get the number of columns in the window
Argument Value Notes:
0/1 normally means 0 for off, 1 for on.
pif may be full path or filename of the DESQview pif file
If pif file is in the path or in C:DV then 2 letter open-keys
may be specified.
cmd is the command line, or specify '=' for the default.
If the command has args, they must be quoted with double quotes.
dir is the directory to start the program in, or '=' for the default.
dir will be converted to a full pathname if specified.
'.' may be used to signify the current directory.
atr is a screen attribute - see the IBM DOS manual.