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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!alistair
- From: alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks)
- Subject: Re: NT console mode?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov09.071639.13738@microsoft.com>
- Date: 09 Nov 92 07:16:39 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Nov5.055216.22305@emr1.emr.ca>
- Lines: 19
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- In article <1992Nov5.055216.22305@emr1.emr.ca> jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:
- >I don't have NT and will wait until it's released, but I've been listening
- >in on all of the (interesting) conversations here. I've overheard some
- >discussion of console mode. Could someone give me a brief description of
- >this console mode? Is it initiated much like a DOS session is initiated from
- >Windows 3.1 or is it an option for booting, i.e. can you just boot up in
- >console mode and later run the GUI if you wish. Is it a suitable environment
- >for porting large FORTRAN character-based apps from systems like VAXes?
-
- I wouldn't so much describe this as console "mode" - The Win32 API includes
- both graphical functions, and a set of APIs for pure-text app. A single
- application can open many windows, some using the console APIs, and some
- using the GUI APIs - Hence its not a "mode" rather an handy API set
- for apps which don't want to both with graphics, and might not even
- want a message loop.
-
- As such, the console APIs may be ideal for those old fortran apps!
-
- -- Alistair
-