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- From: marty@cs.utexas.edu (Marty J. Sirkin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: Is there any way to execute a DOS program from a WINOS2 program?
- Date: 31 Aug 92 09:49:29
- Organization: Univ. of Texas at Austin, CS Dept.
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- In-reply-to: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu's message of 28 Aug 92 20:52:48 GMT
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- David Charlap writes:
- >> 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?
-
- > 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.
-
- David:
- To let you know where I'm coming from:
-
- It is sometimes the case that you have an executable (only in .exe form)
- that you would like to run from the middle of a program (OS/2 or Windows).
- You do not have the object or import libraries, so you cannot either statically
- or dynamically link the code in, you can only execute it.
-
- It is this kind of situation about which I wrote. Examples of this might
- be: uncompress utilities or printer utilities. You often only get the .exe
- files with these.
-
- I agree with you 100% about the DOS boxes, though. One can easily move
- to the WPS to spawn a DOS box (for now). The only problem with *this* is
- if you are running in an SVGA mode of WINOS2, and don't yet have drivers
- for your card for OS2. Then you have to kill the WINOS2 session to get
- to the DOS box.
-
- Hope this helps with explaining my question better.
-
- Marty Sirkin
-