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echo: os2prog
to: David Muir
from: Rinat Sadretdinow
date: 1996-02-19 15:45:44
subject: async timer thread

Hello David!

Wednesday February 14 1996 16:32, David Muir wrote to All:

 DM> So.... How do I initialize a semaphore acceptable to DosTimerAsync?

DosTimerAsync is a 16-bit API call and it uses 16-bit semaphores only. Use
DosAsyncTimer instead that uses bare event semaphore which you can create with
DosCreateEventSem. WARP Toolkit's Control Program Reference contains an example
of how to do that under topic DosAsyncTimer.

Bye!
Rinat Sadretdinow                                              [Team OS/2]

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