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PM Message Display Utility v1.0
INTRODUCTION
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The PM message display utility allows a dialog box to be
displayed from a command line. To invoke the program,
type:
START PMMESSAG «text to display in dialog box»
Whatever is typed on the command line is displayed in a
Presentation Manager dialog box.
BACKGROUND
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I often perform compiles in a full screen window and then go
off and do some other task while the compile is proceeding. I
knew when the compile was done when the disk I/O dropped. A
couple of changes in the way I do work make this no longer a
way to know when the compile was done:
1) I started writing, thus compiling, more than one program
at a time.
2) I created a 2 meg disk cache. A tight edit/compile loop
would keep most of the data in the cache and reduced the
disk I/Os to a point where I would think I was done when
I really wasn't.
I wrote this little utility to most likely be executed from a
batch file to signal when some event is complete. I'm sure
there are other uses for this trivially simple utility. Source
code is included for those who want to add some function to the
base code.
LIABILITY
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The author assumes no liability for any damage or loss of data
caused by this program.
REGISTRATION
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This is a Freeware program. No registration or fee is required
for use of this program. You are free to modify the source
as desired as long as the program name is changed and reference
the the original author is removed.
Please send any correspondence to:
Hilbert Computing
1022 N. Cooper
Olathe, KS 66061
Prodigy: [VWSD07A]
CIS: [73457,365]
You are more likely to reach me on Prodigy than CIS, as I
frequent that board more.
Any comments, positive or negative, are welcomed. Enjoy.