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- @MAJOR HEADING = DESQview API <BI>( advanced programming interface
- )<D>
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- The DESQview API is described in the Version 2.0 manual on page 193
- under the heading "A DESQview-specific program...".
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- Using the API, your program can access the features of DESQview from
- the system level. This can allow your program to spawn new tasks,
- pass information to other windows and control the size and shape of
- windows. One window can be made a subtask of another. It is also
- possible using API to exercize full control over the system so that
- your program becomes in effect the front end menu of the system with
- DESQview providing windowing, memory management and multitasking under
- the surface.
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- Quarterdeck plans to provide a programmers reference to the API during
- the latter part of '87. Until that time, there are several other
- references available:
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- @MINOR HEADING = "Appendix J - DESQview Version 2.0 manual"
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- Appendix J contains general programming information regarding interfacing
- programs to DESQview including Assembler source code for several of
- the most basic DESQview calls. For programmers that simply want to
- make their programs run very well in DESQview while retaining the
- ability to run in DOS outside of the DESQview environment, this selection
- of calls provides all that most programmers will ever need. It is
- important to note that these calls are also supported by earlier versions
- of DESQview. More advanced API calls may require the use of DESQview
- 2.0 or above.
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- @MINOR HEADING = DESQview Bulletin Board System:
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- Some source and object code files for implementation of the basic
- calls is available from the DESQview Bulletin Board System. Full
- access to the BBS is restricted to users with priority service or
- users with registered, serial-numbered copies of DESQview.
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- The Quarterdeck Bulletin Board system operates 24 hours a day, seven
- days a week. The telephone number is (213)396-3904. Supported baud
- rates are 2400/1200/300. Preferred communications parameters are:
- 8 data bits, No Parity, 1 stop bit. You should plan to download using
- one of the following error-free protocols: XMODEM, XMODEM CRC, YMODEM
- or KERMIT.
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- @MINOR HEADING = Books:
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- "<MI>The Programmer's Guide to TopView<D>", by Alan R. Miller. Published
- by SYBEX, 2344 6th. St., Berkeley, CA 94710 (415)848-8233. Price:
- about $19.95. Available at many computer book stores. Gives an overview
- and introduction to the API. Includes source code examples (in Assembler)
- of many of the API functions. Does not include any disks and is not
- really a substitute for an API Toolkit or reference manual. However,
- since the cost is reasonable, this is an excellent source to discover
- the possibilities of programming under the API.
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- @MINOR HEADING = Programming Toolkits:
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- <MI>TopView Programmer's ToolKit <D><N>Version 1.10 by I.B.M. Corp.
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- Source: International Business Machines Corp.
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- P.O. Box 1328-W
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- Boca Raton, FL 33429-1328
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- The definitive source of API information until the DESQview API Toolkit
- becomes available. Contains Assembler and IBM Pascal source code
- and full API documentation. Developers making extensive use of the
- API should probably consider obtaining the TopView Toolkit. Approximate
- cost: $395.
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- <MI>TopView Toolbasket <D>version 1.01 by Strawberry Software Inc.
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- Source: Strawberry Software, Inc.
-
- 42 Pleasant Street
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- Watertown, MA 02172
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- (617)923-8800
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- Contains documentation and Lattice libraries on disk for 71 API functions. Designed
- for use with the Lattice "C" compiler. Approximate cost $190.
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