Mike Bilow wrote in a message to Kevin Ring:

 KR> From your descriptions, this seems like the way to go..  Is
 KR> this something that would only work with a specific
 KR> compiler, or would it be possible to use it with Watcom or
 KR> Visual C++?  (the only two I have access to, right now) 

 MB> I have no idea.  You could ask IBM.

 KR> (sorry if this is a stupid question.. I'm very new to the
 KR> world of Windows and OS/2 programming.)

 MB> I must not be that stupid a question; I don't know the answer
 MB> either, so there are at least two of us.

IBM is quite good at keeping us in the dark about such things..

 KR> This is unfortunate... :(  I guess I'll just have to get
 KR> through this project as quickly as possible in order to move
 KR> on to bigger and better things.. 

 MB> On the other hand, MFC is a lot of fun if you are the sort of
 MB> person who likes doing jigsaw puzzles with the pieces all the same
 MB> color.

:) Can't say I've ever tried it, but it doesn't sound like much fun...

Kevin 
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