BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 09-13-92 (09:50) Number: 374 From: STEVE MCCRYSTAL Refer#: NONE To: RICH WAUGH Recvd: NO Subj: Programmimg Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
; In a msg of <13 Sep 92>, Rich Waugh writes to All: ; Rich, Part II... QJ> Here is a program that will detect if it is running under DESQview. QJ> Have fun with it. '___ CUT HERE --- DECLARE SUB qjDVINIT () DECLARE FUNCTION qjDVINST% () ' QJDV.BAS v1.0 Released into the Public Domain ' Written by Quinn Tyler Jackson '$INCLUDE: 'qb.BI' DEFINT A-Z CONST TRUE = -1 CONST FALSE = NOT TRUE DIM SHARED InRegs AS RegTypeX DIM SHARED OutRegs AS RegTypeX ' The code that follows is merely a test. To make this program into ' a support module, you must erase this silly code. qjDVINIT CLS PRINT "Hello, and welcome to QJDV version 1.0" PRINT IF qjDVINST THEN PRINT "This test is running under DESQView" END ELSE PRINT "This test is not running under DESQview...." END END IF END SUB qjDVINIT nul = qjDVINST END SUB FUNCTION qjDVINST SHARED IN.DV InRegs.AX = &H2B01 InRegs.cx = &H4445 InRegs.dx = &H5351 CALL InterruptX(&H21, InRegs, OutRegs) IF OutRegs.AX MOD 256 <> &HFF THEN IN.DV = TRUE ELSE IN.DV = FALSE END IF qjDVINST = IN.DV END FUNCTION '-+--------------------- -[Steve]- --- GoldED 2.40.P0623+ * Origin: -[Steve's Place]- New Berlin, WI (FidoNet 1:3641/1.202)
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