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Article #16251: WinCrt and Windows 3.0

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TN1251D.txt   WinCrt and Windows 3.0
Category   :Pascal
Platform    :All
Product    :Turbo Pascal  1.0

Description:

 WinCrt is an emulation of the Dos and Crt units.  Basically, it provides a
quick and dirty means of output to a Windows window.  It's not intended 
to be a Dos to Windows porting service - WinCrt apps are not full Windows
apps - just a Windows window with some text, key scanning loops, and
scrollbars.

  Note that writelns to the 'screen' will cause a runtime error in TPW 
unless the WinCrt unit is used. (WinCrt opens the standard Input and 
Output files, which are closed by default in TPW).  The Readln, Keypressed,
procedures, etc., are also only valid under the WinCrt umbrella. The text 
colors and text inverse are not supported.  And since WinCrt takes control of
the message loop and dispatch services of your windows app, WinCrt cannot be 
used in conjunction with OWL. You can call Windows API functions directly, 
however.




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7/16/98 4:35:43 PM
 

Last Modified: 01-SEP-99