| From: | Emanuele Cesaroni |
| Date: | 06 Dec 99 at 07:47:51 |
| Subject: | Re: Process/Task confusion |
From: Emanuele Cesaroni <emacesa@tin.it>
Hello Martyn
On 05-Dic-99, you wrote:
> From: Martyn Capewell <mmc28@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm confused about the capabilities of tasks and processes. For example,
is
> it true I can't use dos library functions, or anything that may invoke one
> of those functions from a task?
Yes, you can call dos.library functions from your program when starts,
because
it is a process.
Instead you can not call dos.library from a subtask (a child) created by
your main task, by CreateTask(), because it is an exec task.
>
> If I start a program from Workbench (rather than a shell), is it running
as
> a task or a process? And if it is running as a task, how do I use dos
> functions from it?
It is a process, and yes, you can call dos.library functions.
>
> Finally, what does AllocDosObject() do? The autodocs don't seem to help.
Sorry, i don't know.
> > Thanks,
Regards
Bye.
Emanuele.