Windows API

[Lee Bergeron]

Is it possible to access the Windows API with PBDOS 3.5?
I need to run a PB DOS application and access the
Floppy Drive in NT with low level commands (INT13 type).

I don't want to re-write the huge program in PB CC.

[Michael Mattias]

You cannot access the WinAPI from a DOS program, but you can access the WinApi from a Windows program which is SHELLed from your PB/DOS program.

So, if you can get your question answered in the PB/CC forum, you can write a PB/CC program you can SHELL from your DOS program..

Perhaps the API you will need to use is deviceIOControl (??)

(I am not a hardware guy).


MCM




[This message has been edited by Michael Mattias (edited July 04, 2001).]

[Tom Hanlin]

Lee, why do you feel you need to access the Windows API for this? It seems like something that could be done entirely in DOS.


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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Lee Bergeron]

When running a DOS program in a Windows NT DOS box you
cannot use Int13 DOS calls. Accessing Low level BIOS routines
in Windows NT is not supported (as far as I know)

[Tom Hanlin]

A quick test seems to work ok under Windows 2000, which is NT-based. If it doesn't
work for you, you might look into the &H440D DOS functions (IOCTL). These are based
on the main INT &H21 DOS interrupt, which may make them more likely to be supported.


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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff