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Change Window Caption from Clipper?
Hi, folks --

I'm running a Clipper (5.2) app under Windows (98 or XP workstations).
Initially, the caption in the window displaying the program (and on the
taskbar icon) shows the name of the Clipper EXE, which is what I want.

At certain times the Clipper app uses the Blinker swap command to run a
child process (another DOS program).  At that time the caption changes
to the name of that child process.  It never reverts back to the name of
the Clipper EXE, even when the child process is finished and control is
returned to the EXE.

Does anyone know of a way to change the caption back?

Thanks --
Doug Schwarz


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Doug Schwarz
01-07-05 01:55 AM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
"Dave Pearson" <davep.news@davep.org> wrote in message
news:slrnctr76r.63o.davep.news@hagbard.davep.org...
>* E. Fridman <pm771.am@gmail.com>:
> 
>
> Ralf Brown's legendary interrupt list; a must-have document for any DOS
> programmer <URL:http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html>. Available in
> all
> sorts of formats. I'm sure The Oasis <URL:http://www.the-oasis.net/> has a
> Norton Guide database version.
>
<bg> Thanks for the information.  I had assumed that "Ralf Brown" was a
brand of beer!

Kind regards
Norman



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Norman Perelson
01-07-05 01:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
* Norman Perelson <norman@shoso.co.za>:

> <bg> Thanks for the information. I had assumed that "Ralf Brown" was a
> brand of beer!

LOL! After going back and re-reading my post I can see how that might work,
just. ;)

--
Dave Pearson                        |  OSLib - Timeslice release functions.
http://www.davep.org/               |     eg - Norton Guide reader for Linux
.
http://www.davep.org/clipper/       |    weg - Norton Guide reader for Windo
ws.
http://www.davep.org/norton-guides/ | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.

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Dave Pearson
01-07-05 01:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
In article <slrnctsm81.c9l.davep.news@hagbard.davep.org>
davep@davep.org "Dave Pearson" writes:

> * Norman Perelson <norman@shoso.co.za>:
> 
>
> LOL! After going back and re-reading my post I can see how that might work
,
> just. ;)

Newcastle Ralf?  It has a certain ring to it...   ;-)

Pete
--
"We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors,
we have borrowed it from our descendants."

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pete@nospam.demon.co.uk
01-08-05 08:55 AM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
* E. Fridman <pm771.am@gmail.com>:

> Please pardon my ignorance, what do you mean by "Ralf Brown's"?

Ralf Brown's legendary interrupt list; a must-have document for any DOS
programmer <URL:http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html>. Available in all
sorts of formats. I'm sure The Oasis <URL:http://www.the-oasis.net/> has a
Norton Guide database version.

--
Dave Pearson                        |  OSLib - Timeslice release functions.
http://www.davep.org/               |     eg - Norton Guide reader for Linux
.
http://www.davep.org/clipper/       |    weg - Norton Guide reader for Windo
ws.
http://www.davep.org/norton-guides/ | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.

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Dave Pearson
01-10-05 08:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
Dave,


<<< IIRC it is one of the functions I cobbled together after trawling
thru Ralf Brown's for pointless little functions that might be fun to
write. >>>


Please pardon my ignorance, what do you mean by "Ralf Brown's"?
TIA, Eugene


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E. Fridman
01-10-05 08:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
* Norman Perelson <norman@shoso.co.za>:

> <bg> Thanks for the information. I had assumed that "Ralf Brown" was a
> brand of beer!

LOL! After going back and re-reading my post I can see how that might work,
just. ;)

--
Dave Pearson                        |  OSLib - Timeslice release functions.
http://www.davep.org/               |     eg - Norton Guide reader for Linux
.
http://www.davep.org/clipper/       |    weg - Norton Guide reader for Windo
ws.
http://www.davep.org/norton-guides/ | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.

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Dave Pearson
01-11-05 01:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
* Ross McKenzie <NoJunk_valusoft@optushome.com.au>:

> There is a function for changing the title in the OsLib collection, but it
> only works on Win95 systems if I remember correctly. Not sure if it was
> "collected" by Dave Pearson or written by him.

IIRC it is one of the functions I cobbled together after trawling thru Ralf
Brown's for pointless little functions that might be fun to write.

--
Dave Pearson                        |  OSLib - Timeslice release functions.
http://www.davep.org/               |     eg - Norton Guide reader for Linux
.
http://www.davep.org/clipper/       |    weg - Norton Guide reader for Windo
ws.
http://www.davep.org/norton-guides/ | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.

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Dave Pearson
01-11-05 08:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
Not so "pointless"!  The window caption is the only thing still visible
when the program is minimized to a task bar icon.  Once it changes, some
of my less-savvy users have trouble figuring out which of several icons
represents "their" program.  Oh well ...

-- Doug

Dave Pearson wrote:
> * Ross McKenzie <NoJunk_valusoft@optushome.com.au>:
>
> 
>
>
> IIRC it is one of the functions I cobbled together after trawling thru Ral
f
> Brown's for pointless little functions that might be fun to write.
>


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Doug Schwarz
01-12-05 01:55 PM


Re: Change Window Caption from Clipper?
In article <slrnctsm81.c9l.davep.news@hagbard.davep.org>
davep@davep.org "Dave Pearson" writes:

> * Norman Perelson <norman@shoso.co.za>:
> 
>
> LOL! After going back and re-reading my post I can see how that might work
,
> just. ;)

Newcastle Ralf?  It has a certain ring to it...   ;-)

Pete
--
"We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors,
we have borrowed it from our descendants."

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pete@nospam.demon.co.uk
01-12-05 08:55 PM


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