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- DVUTIL release 1.1 - Desqview utilities for the common person
- Copyright 1990 by PowerSoft and David G. Thomas
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- We may be reached at the PowerSoft BBS (404) 928-9294
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- You are free to use this program as you please, and distribute it
- to your friends. I only ask that you do not alter the program, and
- you include this file when you pass it on.
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- Usage: DVUTIL [options]
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- Options that perform actions:
- -FGOnly 0/1 : Tells if this task is to run only in the foreground
- -GOBack : Send this task into the background
- -GOFore : Send this task into the foreground
- -HOGCPU 0/1 : Tells whether to allow task switches
- -Open pif cmd dir: Open a window and run a command in the specified dir
- -SOUND freq,dur : Make a sound
- -Status : Print some DESQview status info
- -SUSpend : Suspend processing in the background
- -WRITE string : Write to the bottom line of the physical screen
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- Options that change the current window parameters:
- -25 : Make this a full size 25 line window
- -43 : Make this a full size 43 line window (EGA only)
- -50 : Make this a full size 50 line window (VGA only)
- -WinFrame 0/1 : Tell if a window frame is desired
- -WinFrameAtr atr : Set the video attribute of the window frame
- -WinJustify 0/1 : Tells if DV may do auto window justification
- -WinORiGin r c : Set the scroll origin
- -WinPosition r c : Set the current window position
- -WinSize row col : Set the current window size
- -WinSize : Set the window to full logical size
- -WinLogSize r c : Set the logical window size (pad size)
- -WinLogSize : Set the logical window size to be full screen
- -WinMaxSize r c : Set the maximum window size
- -WinMinSize r c : Set the minimum window size
- -WinZoomAll : Set the window to show all of this screen
- -WinTitle string : Set the title of this window
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- Options that set the DOS ERRORLEVEL:
- -InDesqView : Determine if we are in DESQview - 2 means No
- -ScreenCols : Get the number of columns on the full screen
- -ScreenRows : Get the number of rows on the full screen
- -Window : Get the current window number
- -WinRows : Get the number of rows in the window
- -WinCols : Get the number of columns in the window
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- Argument Value Notes:
- 0/1 normally means 0 for off, 1 for on.
- pif may be full path or filename of the DESQview pif file
- If pif file is in the path or in C:DV then 2 letter open-keys
- may be specified.
- cmd is the command line, or specify '=' for the default.
- If the command has args, they must be quoted with double quotes.
- dir is the directory to start the program in, or '=' for the default.
- dir will be converted to a full pathname if specified.
- '.' may be used to signify the current directory.
- atr is a screen attribute - see the IBM DOS manual.
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