BR.MJC@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Carroll) (06/18/91)
I haven't been able to find any definite or detailed information about interprocess communication, under OS/2 2.0, between a program running in a DOS compatibility box and an OS/2 program. Anybody seen anything that's not just hype and/or conjecture? -- Thanks. Mike Carroll R.L.G. Internet: br.mjc@forsythe.stanfor.edu 1200 Villa Bitnet: br.mjc@rlg.bitnet Mountain View, CA 94041
dzoey@terminus.umd.edu (Joe Herman) (06/18/91)
BR.MJC@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Carroll) writes: >I haven't been able to find any definite or detailed information about >interprocess communication, under OS/2 2.0, between a program running in a DOS >compatibility box and an OS/2 program. >Anybody seen anything that's not just hype and/or conjecture? -- Thanks. Well, since OS/2 will support DPMI, you would probably do IPC between DOS boxes and an OS/2 program via INT 2F calls. That's how I do it under windows, and OS/2 will support the same method. Now, if you're asking "will there be an IPC toolkit?", that I can't answer (I'd be surprised if there was). Joe Herman U. of Maryland dzoey@terminus.umd.edu -- "Everything is wonderful until you know something about it."
car@public.BTR.COM (Carlos Rimola-Sarti car@btr.com) (06/20/91)
In article <dzoey.677260605@terminus.umd.edu> dzoey@terminus.umd.edu (Joe Herman) writes: -BR.MJC@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Carroll) writes: - ->I haven't been able to find any definite or detailed information about ->interprocess communication, under OS/2 2.0, between a program running in a DOS ->compatibility box and an OS/2 program. - ->Anybody seen anything that's not just hype and/or conjecture? -- Thanks. - -Well, since OS/2 will support DPMI, you would probably do IPC between -DOS boxes and an OS/2 program via INT 2F calls. That's how I do it -under windows, and OS/2 will support the same method. Now, if you're -asking "will there be an IPC toolkit?", that I can't answer (I'd be -surprised if there was). - - Joe Herman - U. of Maryland - -dzoey@terminus.umd.edu --- -"Everything is wonderful until you know something about it." Although I have not personally tried it, I am certain that you can use named pipes for OS/2 <--> DOS IPC. However, I believe DOS may not have the capability to create the pipe, only open it. +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Carlos Rimola-Sarti | email: car@btr.com | | Communications Solutions, Inc. | phone: 415-903-2585 | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+