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to: Jonathan De Boyne Pollard
from: Paul Rider
date: 1995-08-24 12:40:08
subject: Screen.mode();

Hello Jonathan,

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PR>
  >         Question was: Does anyone have a quick example of
  > changing screen resolutions in an os/2 Dos Fullscreen
  > session? This is what I'm going to have to accomplish:  1)
  > Saving the info about the screen upon program start,
  >                 2) Allowing the user to switch 
...
PR>

 JDBP>   Some years ago, I ported the Family API VIO calls to DOS for use with
 JDBP>   16:16 DOS languages (such as Visual BASIC and Borland C++).  The
 JDBP>   library should still be available as FAMAPI.ARJ at 
 JDBP> all good files sites.

 JDBP>   The benefit of using VIO, of course, is that your code should then
 JDBP>   easily migrate to OS/2 text-mode programs (which is really the better
 JDBP>   place to start *anyway* ...).

I was actually talking about os/2 fullscreen, and that is where I started.
but this port is interesting, under the right circumstances it'd save me
doing the same as I port this beast to msdos. Is this code you mentioned
(vio stuff) usable in other people's programs? I plan to market the
finished product.

                        Paul Rider.

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