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From: dmurdoch@WATSTAT.WATERLOO.EDU (Duncan Murdoch)
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Subject: DVC17.ZIP - DV Commander: Command-line control of DESQview
Summary: Reposted by Keith Petersen
Message-ID: <9104192018.AA20620@watstat.waterloo.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 20:18:31 GMT
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I have uploaded to SIMTEL20 the distributable part of what I got when
I registered DVC.

pd1:<msdos.desqview>
DVC17.ZIP       DV Commander: Command-line control of DESQview

This is an update to DVC16.ZIP. It's a very nice shareware program; if you
register, you also get a PIF editor.

From the manual:

DV Commander is like a command-line version of your DESQview
{DESQ} key (usually your Alt key). From the DOS command line it
can do many of the things you would normally do by tapping the
{DESQ} key.

Among DV Commander's  features are:
  * DESQview Submenu facility
  * Spawn a new task
  * Execute commands directly from the DESQview menus
  * Open a list of windows automatically
  * Start a window with prompting for parameters and directory
  * Beep for a specified frequency and duration (useful in a
    background batch file to signal success or failure)
  * Hide or unhide (Show) a window
  * Set the window Frame on or off
  * Set Justify mode on or off
  * Wait for a specified amount of time
  * Resize and position a window
  * Make a window background or foreground
  * Name mail boxes and check for a named mail box (useful for
    making sure a program is started only once)

And summarized from the WHATSNEW.TXT file:

Version 1.7 04/15/91

  * DIsable / ENable commands to control access to DESQview menus
  * Execute Command to run any program in its own window
  * Pre-emptive menus that can respond before they're fully displayed
  * Reorganized the manual with a table of contents

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Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu