dos programming

I have two problems, if anyone can help.

1. I have a dos-based front office system running under
Windows 98 that reduces itself to the taskbar after a
period of inactivity.

2. I have a dos-based inventory program that allows for
date change when receiving items into inventory. The
problem is that it writes this date to the computer's
system date, not just to the program.

Are there any reg tweaks or fixes I can use on these?

Paul

"Paul" wrote:

I have two problems, if anyone can help.

1. I have a dos-based front office system running under
Windows 98 that reduces itself to the taskbar after a
period of inactivity.

??Very strange. A DOS program wouldn't know it was in a window that
could be minimized. I'd guess that some Win98 system option is
controlling this, but I don't know which. You could try right-clicking
the shortcut that starts the program - or the executable itself, if
you're not using a shortcut - choose "properties" and investigate
everything there. I don't have a WIn98 machine ready to hand, so I
can't investigate what's there myself.

2. I have a dos-based inventory program that allows for
date change when receiving items into inventory. The
problem is that it writes this date to the computer's
system date, not just to the program.

The program is intentionally coded to change the system date. I'm
afraid the only way around that is to get the source code, change that
line, and recompile the program.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

1. Are you sure it's a period of inactivity, or could it
be something else is getting activated? Are you sure it's
getting minimized, or is something else just taking over
the display? In other words, look for something other than
the DOS application as the culprit.
2. The program is probably changing the system date as a
cheap and nasty way to communicate the new date between
modules. There's nothing you can do about it.

-----Original Message-----
I have two problems, if anyone can help.

1. I have a dos-based front office system running under
Windows 98 that reduces itself to the taskbar after a
period of inactivity.

2. I have a dos-based inventory program that allows for
date change when receiving items into inventory. The
problem is that it writes this date to the computer's
system date, not just to the program.

Are there any reg tweaks or fixes I can use on these?

Paul
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