Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!tmsoft!mshiels
From: mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Environment space for DOS appl. under Windows
Message-ID: <jicato3mr@tmsoft.uucp>
Date: 25 Oct 90 00:03:02 GMT
References: <433.2721eb3c@ae.chalmers.se> <90294.214618DRJ100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Reply-To: mshiels@tmsoft.UUCP (Michael A. Shiels)
Organization: MaS Network Software and Consulting
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Windows Applications can also call the normal DOS spawn functions with
no problems at all.  

Ie a windows based CRON?

BUT THERE IS ONE BUG.  YOU CAN NOT PASS A NEW ENVIRONMENT TO THE SUBPROGRAM
ALL YOU CAN PASS IS A 0 IN THE ENVIRONMENT POINTER SO THAT IT WILL INHERIT THE
ENVIRONMENT OF THE PARENT PROGRAM (WINDOWS!).  THERE IS A FIX THOUGH.  The
DOS int 21 function 4B exec control block must be in the same segment as
the environment sort if the following form.  

segment:0
	environment variables

	:x
	is where the control block is located and it's environment segment
is set to "segment"