scot@rtmvax.UUCP (Scot Harris ) (04/07/88)
Recently I have been attempting to write some simple utility type programs
and I have run into a roadblock. I would like to be able to change the
prompt in a window from an application program. The problem is that
from all the information I have you need a pointer to the window structure
to get at the structures needed. Specificly it looks like the structure
I want access to is in dosextens.h include file in the libraries directory.
I am using Lattice 4.0 for this work.
I tried using the system call to the prompt command but the change if it
actually occured (sure it did but did not see it in the cli window) reverted
back to the prompt that the cli window orginally had. I would like to be
able to make a change to the prompt have it remain changed when the program
terminates. Another item of information that I would like is the current
window parameters such as width and height.
I know that this can be done since I have the sd program written
by David Tingler. However it is in Modula II and I have little
experience with that language.
Please direct responses to one of my mail addresses below. If requested
I will summarize the responses and post the results.
Thank you for any and all help.
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