From: ryot AT bigfoot DOT com (George Ryot) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: How to make win9 console apps with DJ Message-ID: <37a4b568.849340@news.clara.net> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 21:25:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.8.92.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT clara DOT net X-Trace: nnrp4.clara.net 933542727 195.8.92.63 (Sun, 01 Aug 1999 22:25:27 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 22:25:27 BST Lines: 20 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eli Zaretskii 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