Windows interrupting DOS applications

[Mike Chavez]

Good morning Guys,

I have a silly question that I hope I can get some input on.

I have a user who's main program is a DOS application that runs in full
screen. The problem is that whenever there is a pop-up in a windows
application, whether it be e-mail related, virus related or something else,
the DOS program will exit full screen mode and will show both the window and
the DOS app in Windowed mode.

Is there any way to prevent these Windowed apps from interfering with the
DOS program? I know this is kinda picky, but when the customer asks...

Thank you in advance,

Mike Chavez

 

[Chuck]

Will the dos programs run properly in a window?
I mention this becase this was a acceptable answer for some dos based
programs used by the government to access mainframe data bases until they
redeveloped the programs to run with a windows GUI interface.

 

[Mike Chavez]

Hello Chuck,

Thank you for looking at this post. The user is really trying to get the
best of both worlds. Yes it will run in Windowed mode, but the goal was to
keep it in fullscreen if possible.

If there's no way to do it, then I will notify her and I know i did my due
dilligence.

Thank you!

Mike Chavez