OS/2 Vio* calls in Windows

[Mesan]

Anyone familiar with OS/2 C Programming will remember all those handy
Vio functions (VioWrtCharStr(), VioWrtNChar(), VioWrtNAttr(),
VioGetCurPos(), VioSetCurPos(), etc...).

Here's my question - does anyone know how I might be able to port a C
program from OS/2 to windows that uses those calls extensively? I was
thinking that _maybe_ since OS/2 and Windows started off "together"
that the Vio API might somehow still be supported in Windows but I
really haven't been able to turn up anything.

Have any of you seen Vio calls made in windows through C?

 

[Lew Pitcher]

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Anyone familiar with OS/2 C Programming will remember all those handy
Vio functions (VioWrtCharStr(), VioWrtNChar(), VioWrtNAttr(),
VioGetCurPos(), VioSetCurPos(), etc...).

As such, they are off topic in comp.lang.c

Here's my question - does anyone know how I might be able to port a C
program from OS/2 to windows that uses those calls extensively? I was
thinking that _maybe_ since OS/2 and Windows started off "together"
that the Vio API might somehow still be supported in Windows but I
really haven't been able to turn up anything.

<ot>
MSWindows NT 3x, 4x, and 2K all support an "OS/2" subsystem (16bit, I'm
afraid), and (IIRC) all support the VIO calls. MSWindows XP doesn't
support the OS/2 subsystem, and the VIO calls are absent.

IIRC, Microsoft renamed the VIO calls to DOS (or some such) when they
split WinNT from OS/2; you might get away with a similar renaming in
your code.

Check with your friendly Microsoft support personel for more assistance.

Have any of you seen Vio calls made in windows through C?

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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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