JF>  I have written a "C" program that is compiled under BC++
for Dos. Well 
 JF> I want to run it in a window in the background all the 
 JF> time. Now here is my problem, I noticed that it does 
 JF> not create a log file that is Does IF it is running in 
 JF> the foregrnd every hour.

 1) Try setting the dos setting "idle sensitivity" to 100,  and read the
    online context help for it while you are there.  Unfortunately, this
    will cause the performance of your whole PC to suffer,  even if the
    dos program doesn't do anything useful for the rest of the hour.

 2) rewrite it as a real os/2 program .




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