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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Shared programs in Desqview
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Date: 29 Sep 90 23:03:05 GMT
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In article <1990Sep28.175957.14872@maytag.waterloo.edu>, dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch) wrote:
}In the October issue of Byte, there's mention of the shared program
}option in Desqview windows.  What it says (and I'm working from memory) is
}[...]
}This gave me the idea of loading some of my TSRs to be shared between different
}windows...
}The trouble is that the shared program gets loaded by DV, not by DOS, and
}doesn't get a PSP, so you have to write it in a special format.  My question
}is:
}Can a shared program call DOS, especially DOS's Exec service, and load a
}bunch of TSRs?

I don't know about calling DOS (I'm not that familiar with shared programs),
but you should be aware that shared programs reduce the maximum window size
by the size of the shared program.  Thus, loading TSRs as shared programs
will have the same negative impact on window size that they would have when
loaded low from DOS before DESQview.


}
}Duncan Murdoch
}dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu
}
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