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to: Mike Byrne
from: Andrew Grillet
date: 1995-09-28 21:46:50
subject: Re: CTL-ALT-DEL

-=> On 22 Sep 95  13:37:50 Mike Byrne said to All <=-

 MB>
 MB> Is there any way to "remap" the CTRL-ALT-DEL sequence?  I
know you can
 MB> reprogram the keyboard device driver for different
"hotkeys" but can
 MB> you redo that combo?  I'm looking to write a program that will change
 MB> the function of CAD to close one session instead of rebooting the
 MB> entire system.  Any info?

I'm not sure of the facts, so I'm shooting my mouth off in the usual way ...

I believe that C-A-D generates a specific interrupt, not an actual reset
pulse. This can be intercepted.

I would like it to pop up a menu - saying

This is OS/2, not DOS:
Did you mean to kill
        a) the system
        b) the current task
        c) a different task (presents task list)
        d) nothing

As its not unusual to forget you were running a DOS full screen session
under OS/2 and not DOS itself.

Andrew



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