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From: stever@Octopus.COM (Steve Resnick )
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Desqview IPC
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.183517.22530@Octopus.COM>
Date: 3 Oct 90 18:35:17 GMT
References: <5111@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>
Reply-To: stever@octopus.UUCP (Steve Resnick )
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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In article <5111@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> utility@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Ronald BODKIN) writes:
>
>	Does anyone know if there is a method for allowing 2
>concurrent processes to communicate data between themselves
>when using desqview.  I'm thinking about porting an application
>from QNX (a multi-tasking OS) to some DOS environments, and
>I'm wondering if it is possible to do this using desqview (e.g.
>by using share and having a common file open'd, with locks
>on the file to exclude simultaneous writing).
>		Ron

There is a DESQview API package which allows you to do IPC between programs
via memory. This is all handled by DESQview via named queues. 
It works well (I write DESQview programs for a living).

Cheers!
STeve

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