dos programming

Paul:

P I have two problems, if anyone can help.
P
P 1. I have a dos-based front office system running under
P Windows 98 that reduces itself to the taskbar after a
P period of inactivity.

As other respondants indicated, this doesn't seem to be a function of
the DOS utililty -- I don't think minimizing was an available
function except for utilities like Desqview. I run a BBS in a window
under W98SE for weeks one end and it never minimizes. ...Of course,
it's not the same utility you are using. ...Wonder if there is a
screensaver with this utility if running that would 'trick' whatever
is minimizing into thinking the programme was always active?


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

Yuck!

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

Only thing I can think of would be to see if there is a batch file
which is outputting the inventory date to DATE (the command). Modify
to nul (DATE NUL or something). ... Maybe modify whatever the date
command is to another name: in the batch file change DATE to !DATE.
Another option might be to create a batch file (in the path before it
gets to where COMMAND.COM is!) which redirects your utility's output.

Good luck!

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