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- From: os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: OS/2 Resources - Control Window Definition
- Keywords: OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.032541.19247@panix.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 03:25:41 GMT
- References: <10930@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
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- In <10930@platypus.uofs.uofs.edu> das11@starling.cs.uofs.edu (David Sobeski) writes:
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-
- > once again, i am going to post this question to anyone with
- > some insight...
-
- > problem : i want to allow a user to change the position of
- > controls on the screen. in fact, i want to create
- > a dialog box editor-like application that will allow
- > a user to customize the interface. instead of saving
- > the changes to a .RES file, i want to make the changes
- > directly to the .EXE. under the macintosh environment,
- > api's are provided for this type of functionality.
- > are there equivalents in os/2? if these functions do
- > not exist, is the format of the .EXE defined well
- > enough that i can make the changes by writing directly
- > to the .EXE?
-
- Good luck. There is no API to do this and OS/2 locks the .EXE while the
- program is executing in any process space. Sounds like you're gonna have
- to write it as a separate file. :(
-
- --
- Cheers,
- Q
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