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With DPMI into protect mode and back - EDIT: example (Developers)

posted by DOS386, 26.08.2010, 09:18

> > The only way is just to terminate the application.
> Correct.
Not that much.

> > terminate it. Maybe is possible to run some child process but I don't
> > want to call any external EXE file
> This is correct too. To accomplish this without relying on files, create a
> fake process. You can do this manually, then set the PSP with Int21.50 or
> use Int21.26 or Int21.55.
Right. You exposed a big advantage of DOS compared to Windows:

In DOS there is a (hacky, as usual) way to brew a separate process without brewing a file. In Windaube this is impossible to accomplish (except very aggressive kernel intrusion at least):

> The name of the module to be executed. This module can be a
> Windows-based application. It can be some other type of
> module (for example, MS-DOS or OS/2
> process in RM. Worked in NTVDM after
WtF ??? :confused:

Works for me in FreeDOS and EDR-DOS (my own, not example above).

BTW, I prefer INC CR0 from DPMI :-)

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