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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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- Subject: Re: Is there any way to execute a DOS program from a WINOS2 program?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.205248.21272@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 20:52:48 GMT
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- In article <l9sep2INNqlc@predator.cs.utexas.edu> marty@cs.utexas.edu (Marty J. Sirkin) writes:
- >
- > I have been playing around with WINOS2 (for fun), and noticed that the
- >WinExec call does not seem to function. I seem to remember something from
- >a while back talking about this.
- >
- > The question is: Is there any way that I can have a Windows program
- >under WINOS2 execute a small DOS .exe?? Or is it simply not to be done? Or
- >have I missed something really basic?
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- Can't be done. WIN-OS2 will not launch non-Windows apps. At least
- the current version. IBM hinted that they may add this ability in the
- future. For now, they (and I) fail to see the need for DOS boxes
- under WIN-OS2, when you can have them under OS/2.
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