> void DspAns(char *filename)
 > {
 >    ULONG l;
 >    char *stuff;
 >    ULONG openflag,openmode,action;
 >    FILESTATUS3 infobuf;
 >    HFILE infile;
 >
 >    openflag = OPEN_ACTION_FAIL_IF_NEW|OPEN_ACTION_OPEN_IF_EXISTS;
 >    openmode = OPEN_SHARE_DENYWRITE|OPEN_ACCESS_READONLY|
 >               OPEN_FLAGS_FAIL_ON_ERROR;
 >    if(DosOpen(filename, &infile,&action,0L,0L,openflag,openmode,
 > NULL))
 >    {
 >       printf("Error reading %s!\n\rPlease inform the SysOp!",
 > filename);
 >       return;
 >    }
 >       // read the length of the file
 >    DosQueryFileInfo(infile,1,&infobuf,sizeof(infobuf));
 >       // malloc enough space
 >    stuff=(char *)malloc(infobuf.cbFile*sizeof(char));
 >       // read all the input file into the buffer (stuff)
 >    DosRead(infile,stuff,infobuf.cbFile,&l);
 >       // write the buffer to the screen
 >    VioWrtTTY(stuff,infobuf.cbFile,0);
 >       // close the file
 >    DosClose(infile);
 >       // free the buffer
 >    free(stuff);
 > }

BTW: If I had the ANSI file in an array, how would I display it? I was
readying The Draw's DOC's, but it has it's example in Turbo C. I'd like to
be able to write it to the Video memory, but I hear that Os/2 won't allow
that.

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