Re: errorlevels

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 12-23-92 (15:17)             Number: 391
From: GEOFFREY LIU                 Refer#: NONE
  To: TONY ELLIOTT                  Recvd: NO  
Subj: Re: errorlevels                Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

 GL> DEF SEG = 0
 GL> ErrorLevel% = PEEK(&H4FE)
 GL> DEF SEG
 GL> END FUNCTION

TE>That doesn't work for me. 0:4FEh is the next to last byte in the
TE>intra-application communication area. This is a 16 byte block of memory
TE>is set aside specifically for the use by application programs...not
TE>DOS. If a program's errorlevel is being plugged in there, it's got to
TE>be the program itself doing it, not DOS. That makes it pretty
TE>unreliable. FWIW... Tony

        After actually checking with a Reference guide, you're right. I
guess that's the last time I'm posting routines that I haven't tried
yet. <G> To All that captured the routine, please DELETE it, it does NOT
work. Thanks for pointing it out to me (and the other people who pointed
it out too).

                   Happy Holidays, Geoff.
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