Microsoft KB Archive/64005

Microsoft Systems Journal: September 1989

PSS ID Number: Q64005 Article last modified on 05-14-1991

MS-DOS | OS/2

Summary: The following is a list of filenames, S numbers, and descriptions for the source code from the September 1989 issue of the “Microsoft Systems Journal” (Vol. 4, No. 5): 1. S12410 IPC “A Complete Guide to OS/2 Interprocess Communications and Device Monitors,” by Richard Hale Shaw, Page 35 OS/2 offers several interprocess communications facilities (IPC) that allow two processes to signal, synchronize, serialize, resources, and transfer data. This article explores alternative methods processes can use to communicate with each other and shows how data from a character device is monitored and manipulated. 2. S12411 JIGSAW “Writing Faster Graphics Programs by Using Offscreen Bitmap Manipulation,” by Kevin Ruddell, Page 69 Optimizing techniques for the OS/2 Presentation Manager Graphics Programming Interface are explored using a jigsaw puzzle that manipulates bitmaps through clipping, BitBlt, and memory alignment. 3. S12412 WFINDOS2 “Find Files Under Presentation Manager and Windows with a Handy Utility,” by Kevin P. Welch, Page 61 File finder utility for Presentation Manager. The article also discusses dialog boxes, monospace fonts, and search techniques. 4. S12413 WFINDER “Find Files Under Presentation Manager and Windows with a Handy Utility,” by Kevin P. Welch, Page 61 File finder utility for Windows. The article also discusses dialog boxes, monospace fonts, and search techniques. 5. S12414 EMS2 “Getting the Most from Expanded Memory with an EMS Function Library,” by Douglas Boling, Page 15 This article examines and compares the EMS functions and presents a library of routines designed to make the use of expanded memory simpler. These files can be found in the Software/Data Library by searching on the keyword, the Q number of this article, or the S number listed above. These files were archived using the PKware file-compression utility.