shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Annie) (04/15/91)
I want to run wp50 and Procomm Plus...I have a 286, and so am doing
it in real mode, cause ..cause..I can! :-)
Problem is, while when in wp50 I can type alt-esc and get back to the
windows screen (and thus switch to Procomm), I *can't* alt-esc out
of Procomm! I assume it's cause Procomm has taken control of these
keys, although in my manual I read that I have to *tell* windows this
or it won't let the dos app. have those keys....
But...there it is.
ANY advice?
Annie
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would ever accuse anyone else of having these opinions anyway!dcc@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Daniel Creswell) (04/17/91)
Yep take a look at PIF files. These files are associated with DOS programs. Windows has a few that it uses by default. You should create some specific to your DOS apps. Hold on while I go and find the relevant stuff..... Okay, the PIF editor appears in the accessories group. Run it and at the bottom you will see some stuff about short-cut keys. Tick the relevant boxes according to what keys your app. wants and then save this pif with a useful name like 'procomm'. Now I bet you wanna get this onto your proggie manager's groups dont you! Okay goto file on the PM window and choose NEW. Tell it you want to create a program icon (or at least not a group!). Now you get a dialog box. Fill in the description with something like 'Procomm' and then choose browse. Locate the pif file and choose it and there you have it - click ok and the icon is built. I ought to mention that this can get a bit messy. If you can't by on the manual I'll try and help some more! While I remember don't try running command.com (and I think any other DOS app) under Standard mode as it'll crash - I won't bore you with the techy stuff! Best of luck, Dan C.