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@MINOR HEADING =
@MAJOR HEADING = DESQview API <BI>( advanced programming interface
)<D>
The DESQview API is described in the Version 2.0 manual on page 193
under the heading "A DESQview-specific program...".
Using the API, your program can access the features of DESQview from
the system level. This can allow your program to spawn new tasks,
pass information to other windows and control the size and shape of
windows. One window can be made a subtask of another. It is also
possible using API to exercize full control over the system so that
your program becomes in effect the front end menu of the system with
DESQview providing windowing, memory management and multitasking under
the surface.
Quarterdeck plans to provide a programmers reference to the API during
the latter part of '87. Until that time, there are several other
references available:
@MINOR HEADING = "Appendix J - DESQview Version 2.0 manual"
Appendix J contains general programming information regarding interfacing
programs to DESQview including Assembler source code for several of
the most basic DESQview calls. For programmers that simply want to
make their programs run very well in DESQview while retaining the
ability to run in DOS outside of the DESQview environment, this selection
of calls provides all that most programmers will ever need. It is
important to note that these calls are also supported by earlier versions
of DESQview. More advanced API calls may require the use of DESQview
2.0 or above.
@MINOR HEADING = DESQview Bulletin Board System:
Some source and object code files for implementation of the basic
calls is available from the DESQview Bulletin Board System. Full
access to the BBS is restricted to users with priority service or
users with registered, serial-numbered copies of DESQview.
The Quarterdeck Bulletin Board system operates 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. The telephone number is (213)396-3904. Supported baud
rates are 2400/1200/300. Preferred communications parameters are:
8 data bits, No Parity, 1 stop bit. You should plan to download using
one of the following error-free protocols: XMODEM, XMODEM CRC, YMODEM
or KERMIT.
@MINOR HEADING = Books:
"<MI>The Programmer's Guide to TopView<D>", by Alan R. Miller. Published
by SYBEX, 2344 6th. St., Berkeley, CA 94710 (415)848-8233. Price:
about $19.95. Available at many computer book stores. Gives an overview
and introduction to the API. Includes source code examples (in Assembler)
of many of the API functions. Does not include any disks and is not
really a substitute for an API Toolkit or reference manual. However,
since the cost is reasonable, this is an excellent source to discover
the possibilities of programming under the API.
@MINOR HEADING = Programming Toolkits:
<MI>TopView Programmer's ToolKit <D><N>Version 1.10 by I.B.M. Corp.
Source: International Business Machines Corp.
P.O. Box 1328-W
Boca Raton, FL 33429-1328
The definitive source of API information until the DESQview API Toolkit
becomes available. Contains Assembler and IBM Pascal source code
and full API documentation. Developers making extensive use of the
API should probably consider obtaining the TopView Toolkit. Approximate
cost: $395.
<MI>TopView Toolbasket <D>version 1.01 by Strawberry Software Inc.
Source: Strawberry Software, Inc.
42 Pleasant Street
Watertown, MA 02172
(617)923-8800
Contains documentation and Lattice libraries on disk for 71 API functions. Designed
for use with the Lattice "C" compiler. Approximate cost $190.
___ Your name has been added to the list of developers to be notified
upon release of the DESQview API Toolkit.