Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8602 comp.misc:12115 comp.editors:2965 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!sanandreas.ecn.purdue.edu!moshkovi From: moshkovi@sanandreas.ecn.purdue.edu (Gennady Moshkovich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.misc,comp.editors Subject: Re: Question about Dos and backgrounded programs: Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 91 00:49:32 GMT References: <1991Apr14.233111.28957@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: root@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (ECN System Management) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 45 shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) writes: >I have two programs that I often have loaded at the same time, one is a term >program, and one is a word-processor (procomm, and w.p.). >Both of them have functions to escape to Dos, and then you type 'exit' to >get back to the program. When I am in Dos during these times, I see: >Type "EXIT" to get back to WordPerfect >Type "EXIT" to get back to Procomm >If I just type "exit" it brings me back to whichever one I exited LAST. >Is there a way to designate which job I want to 'exit' to, so that I >can go back and forth between the two? >Thanks! >-- > mother - law student - antifeminist - honourary canajan - fathers' rightist > Anne (She Devil) Mitchell - Stanford Law - shedevil@leland.stanford.edu > No disclaimer necessary as this is *my* account, and besides - nobody > would ever accuse anyone else of having these opinions anyway! Well, I would be more than happy to have DOS where you would be able to have 'background' jobs, but ... The answer to your question is very deep NO. The fact is that ones you got to DOS you are not running your program in background, you just stopped it. You might consider some programs which would allow you pseudomultitasking. Two most popular of these programs are Windows 3.0 and DESQview. They run on top of DOS and will let you switch between programs quite easily. Have fun Gene -- Gennady Moshkovich Purdue University Department of Civil Engineering moshkovi@ecn.purdue.edu