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Int 2F Fn 4B01 C - DOS 5+ Task Switcher - Build Callout Chain [T]
AX = 4B01h
CX:DX -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h)
ES:BX = 0000h:0000h
Return: ES:BX -> callback info structure (see below) or 0000h:0000h
Notes: called by the task switcher
this function is hooked by clients which require notification of task
switcher activities; the call must first be passed on to the prior
handler with registers unchanged using a simulated interrupt. On
return, the client must build a callback info structure and store
the returned ES:BX in the "next" field, then return the address of
its own callback info structure.
a client program must add itself to the notification chain if it
provides services to other programs; before terminating, it must
remove itself from the chain by calling the task switcher's entry
point with AX=0005h (see AX=4B02h)
the task switcher entry point should not be saved, as it is subject to
change and will be provided on any notification call
the Windows 3.1 Standard Mode supports this API
See Also: AX=160Bh,AX=4B02h
Format of callback info structure:
Offset Size Description
00h DWORD pointer to next callback info structure
04h DWORD pointer to notification function (see below)
08h DWORD reserved
0Ch DWORD address of zero-terminated list of API info structures
(see AX=4B02h)
Notification function is called with:
AX = function
0000h switcher initialization
Return: AX = 0000h if OK to load
= nonzero to abort task switcher
0001h query suspend
BX = session ID
Return: AX = 0000h if OK to switch session
= 0001h if not
0002h suspend session
BX = session ID
interrupts disabled
Return: AX = 0000h if OK to switch session
= 0001h if not
0003h activate session
BX = session ID
CX = session status flags
bit 0: set if first activation of session
bits 1-15: reserved (0)
interrupts disabled
Return: AX = 0000h
0004h session active
BX = session ID
CX = session status flags
bit 0: set if first activation of session
bits 1-15: reserved (0)
Return: AX = 0000h
0005h create session
BX = session ID
Return: AX = 0000h if OK to create session
= 0001h if not
0006h destroy session
BX = session ID
Return: AX = 0000h
0007h switcher termination
BX = flags
bit 0: set if calling switcher is only switcher loaded
bits 1-15: reserved (0)
Return: AX = 0000h
ES:DI -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h)
Notes: function 0000h is generally called by the program which controls or
invokes the task switcher, rather than by the task switcher itself;
the entry point supplied to this function is not necessarily the
entry point to the task switcher itself, and may be 0000h:0000h. If
any client indicates that loading is not possible, all clients will
be called with function 0007h; thus it is possible for a client to
receive a termination notice without a corresponding initialization
notice.
except for functions 0002h and 0003h, the notification handler is
called with interrupts enabled and may make any INT 21h function
call; interrupts must not be enabled in functions 0002h and 0003h
function 0007h may be called with ES:DI = 0000h:0000h if the entry
point is no longer valid
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