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- /FHQ8: I want to write software for DESQview. Where can I get the API?/FB
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- There are multiple sources, ranging in cost from free to hundreds of
- dollars. For free, there are DVINT, a DESQview//QEMM-specific excerpt of
- the MSDOS interrupt list, which lists the API calls; and DVGLUE, a
- somewhat dated (August 1988) freeware library for Turbo C which
- implements almost all of the DESQview 2.01 API (the then-current
- version). Both are available on DVNet and other repositories of
- DESQview-specific programs /JB(see Q7)/q7.txt/.
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- Quarterdeck sells a number of products for programming the DESQview API,
- such as an API reference manual (~$60) and various language-specific
- libraries (C, Pascal, Dbase, etc., ~$200 each including the reference
- manual). In addition, Quarterdeck also sells a panel designer (~$150),
- debugger (~150), and other tools /JB(see Q19)/q19.txt/. The whole toolkit costs
- about $500. Third party books are also available /JB(see Q20)/q20.txt/.
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- X Windows libraries for DESQview//X are also available from Quarterdeck.
- The pre-release version is about $500. The DESQview//X API, which is not
- completely compatible with the DESQview API, will be available soon.
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- The DESQview//X development kit will include the Rational System's
- DOS//4GX 16- and 32-bit protected mode development kit which supports
- Microsoft C and Metaware High C 32-bit.
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- The prices above are Quarterdeck prices; the price on the street is
- usually a lot better. One source of API tools is the Programmer's
- Connection, at
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- /ML4/Programmer's Connection, Inc.
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- 7249 Whipple Ave. NW
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- North Canton, OH 44720-7143
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- 1-800-336-1166 (US and Canada)
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- (216) 494-8715 (International)
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- (216) 494-5260 (FAX)
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