From:	ryot AT bigfoot DOT com (George Ryot)
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Subject:	Re: How to make win9 console apps with DJ
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Bas Hamstra wrote:

> > b) The app's don't seem to multitask under Win9.
> 
> What exactly do you mean by that?  Windows multitasks between DOS
> boxes, but if you want multitasking within a single program, you have
> to write it as a multitasking program.  Check out several
> multitasking/multithreading packages mentioned in section 22.3 of the
> FAQ.

Does multitask mean to run several programs concurently?

Right click on your dos program's icon, or if running from a dos
window right click on the window title bar.  Select properties, Misc
tab and make sure Background Always Suspend is *not* checked otherwise
your program will freeze when you switch to another window.
-- 
george

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