From: "Paul Ranson" 

I missed the subtlety...

But an idle command line window requires no idle detection. The cleverness
is in detecting that a DOS app is idle while busy polling all its inputs.

Paul

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3efb3466$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Check the 'misc' tab of the properties of a DOS app on an NT machine.
>
> I knew it could do that, but that's something different than just a
command
> line window.
>
> Of course, if you create a new shortcut to command.com, you can change
those
> settings for it, so I'll shut up . 
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> news:3efb2fda$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Check the 'misc' tab of the properties of a DOS app on an NT machine.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> > news:3efb1e2c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > I think he's getting OS/2 mixed in there -- it had the ability to
adjust
> > > idle detection in a DOS command line window.  If NT can do that too I
> > > haven't run across it.
> > >
> > > DOS box is just shorthand for a DOS command line window in either OS/2
> or
> > > NT.
> > >
> > > - Bob Comer
> > >
> >
>
>

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