Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uunet!midway!gsbsun!valley From: valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Doug Dougherty) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: memory resident pop up window Keywords: memory resident window graphics Message-ID: <1991May6.124624.13237@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 6 May 91 12:46:24 GMT References: Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 14 andrew@citrus.citr.uq.oz (Andrew Zander) writes: >I have a memory resident program ( based on Al Stevens routines >contained in TURBO C MEMORY RESIDENT UTILITIES ... etc ) >which pops up a window. This works fine if the screen is in text mode >when the memory res. prog is invoked but not if its in graphics mode. >Can anyone help ? Most text-based TSRs refuse to pop up if the current video mode is other than text. The TSR should use the BIOS function (INT 10, AH=1, I think) to test the mode when a pop up is requested. -- (Another fine mess brought to you by valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu)