So to david begley do I speak these words:


Monday October 04 1993 12:45, david begley wrote to Steven Pasztor:


 db> On Sep 30 20:07, Steven Pasztor of 3:632/103.123 wrote:

 SP>> I've got BORLAND C++ v2.0 and was wondering if it's possible to write
 SP>> a program which will work under either Windoze or DOS...
 db> To create a binary (.EXE) that will run under both DOS and Windows, all
 db> you need do is replace the standard "stub" programme with
a full DOS
 db> version of the application.  Effectively:
 db>         Normal Windows Linkage              New Windows Linkage
 db>         +-+--+--+--+--+                     +-+--+--+--+--+
 db>         | EXE Header  |                     | EXE Header  |
 db>         +-+--+--+--+--+                     +-+--+--+--+--+
 db>         | STUB.EXE    |                     | DOS App     |
 db>         +-+--+--+--+--+                     +-+--+--+--+--+
 db>         | Windows App |                     | Windows App |
 db>         +-+--+--+--+--+                     +-+--+--+--+--+
 db> Then, when you run the EXE under DOS, "DOS App" will run,
whilst if you
 db> run the EXE under Windows, "Windows App" will run.  How
do you achieve
 db> this? Lookup the "STUB" keyword for your Windows application's DEF
 db> (linkage definition) file.

I assume though, that you still require two seperate programs? The idea was
to share as much code as possible.


nevets


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