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echo: bluewave
to: mark lewis
from: Dan Ceppa
date: 2005-01-20 16:01:18
subject: Saving Marks

On 20 Jan 05  08:02:02, mark lewis got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Saving Marks

 DC> That's closing the dos session before I head back
 DC> to the Main Menu.

 ml> hummm... do yu mean as in hitting the X to close the window while the
 ml> program is running? my system warns me if i try to close a dos window
 ml> while a dos program is running... 

Mine used to do that.  But, see below....  

 DC> That happens because of a system malfunction.

 ml> system malfunction?? or operator malfunction?
 
Sometimes the later, but mainly because of a system lockup.  


 DC> However, I have to be more careful now, as running
 DC> SWITCHER high allows me to close that window without
 DC> a warning.

 ml> yuck! what command interpreter are you using? CMD or COMMAND??
 
This system is running 98SE.  


 DC> That would, in my case, closing the session no sooner than
 DC> when I'm back to the Main Menu.  Everything should all close
 DC> on a standard exit of the program.

 ml> do you mean using the ESC and/or Exit/Quit options as designed by the
 ml> author? 

That would be the fully proper way to do it!  

I cheat and kill the window once back to the main screen.  


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