ML>> it doesn't matter as the application will install
ML>> the interrupt vector each time it loads and uninstall
ML>> it each time it unloads... i run the same application
ML>> across a network under several different OS' with no
ML>> problems.. it detects the OS and does its thing as
ML>> needed...

 CH> Okay I orginally read what you wrote wrong.  I thought
 CH> you just detectted it on the first run of your program
 CH> and stored it in a ini file and use that one for each
 CH> run after that.

no... many of my programs don't use any external configuration files...
none of my programs use an INI file by that extension or format, though i
do have code to read and write them...

 CH> I understand now that you detect each time you start
 CH> your program, but not each time the slice is called,
 CH> because it was already detected upon startting of your
 CH> program.

that is correct...

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