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|    Markus Humm to Samuel Fleischer    |
|    Re: detection of character-amount that f    |
|    08 Dec 04 18:23:47    |
      From: markus.humm1@freenet.de              Samuel Fleischer schrieb:       > Hello!       >       > When using the CRT-unit of BP7 for creating real-mode DOS-       > applications, there are the two variables WindMin and       > WindMax. Lo(WindMax)-Lo(WindMin)+1 gives the amount of       > characters which fit into one line of the screen/window.       >       > Is it possible to detect the amount of characters which fit       > into one line of the screen without using the CRT-unit (and       > also without writing character by character to the screen       > until the x-coordinate switches back to 1 again)?       >       > I already searched SWAC, Prof. Timo Salmi's FAQ and google.       > What other resources would you recommend?       >       > Sincerely       >       > Sam       >       >       This must be somewhere in the BIOS data area at Seg0040 ($0040 for TP 6       and below). Get a copy of Ralf browns Interrupt List from the web and       look it up there. Afaik it some byte value at some location there...              Greetings              Markus              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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