Category: DESQview/TopView and Quarterdeck programs
INT 15 - TopView - SEND MESSAGE - "READ" - GET NEXT RECORD FROM OBJECT AH = 12h BH = 04h BL = object 00h handle is DWORD on top of stack mailbox: wait for and get next message keyboard: wait for and get pointer to next input buffer pointer: wait for and get next message 02h get next message from mailbox (task's handle on top of stack) 03h get next message from current task's mailbox 04h get the next input from keyboard (handle on top of stack) 05h get the next input from task's default keyboard 06h wait for input from any object in OBJECTQ (handle on stack) 07h wait for input from any object in task's default OBJECTQ Return: STACK: (if objectq) DWORD handle of object with input (otherwise) DWORD number of bytes DWORD address of pointer message (see #00437) Notes: for a keyboard in keystroke mode, the input buffer is a single byte containing the character code as returned by the BIOS; the BIOS scan code is available via the STATUS call if the character is zero for a keyboard in field mode, the input buffer format is determined by the field table header for the window the keyboard is attached to keyboard input buffers and mailbox message buffers may be invalidated by the next READ, ERASE, CLOSE, or FREE message to the same object SeeAlso: AH=12h/BH=05h"OBJECT",AH=12h/BH=84h