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From: jonnyg@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Greenblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Dos command prompt detectection
Message-ID: <2513@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 88 21:11:46 GMT
Reply-To: jonnyg@umd5 (Jon Greenblatt)
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	I need a description of how a TSR such as a dos editor can detect
if dos is in the command prompt state. I want to write a program that
checks to see if the PC has been idle at the command prompt for more than
five minutes then stuff the keyboard buffer with the keys needed to execute
an idle program. This may seem like an awkward way of doing things but I
have very good reasons for doing this. I just need a description of how to
detect if the command prompt is active when writing a TSR for
int XX (XX = 16h, 21h). Thanks very much,

						Jon Greenblatt