How do I run a program every time DESQview is started?
A207: Yes. There are basically two methods: (1) Use the ! method in the script language. (2) Use a batch file in the first (BD) window. Method (1) is more useful in turnkey applications – method (2) is better (i.e., more flexible) for general use. To use method 1, do something like this: copy con foo.dvt {Learn {F12} “!Startup”} … {Finish} ^Z convscr t foo.dvt desqview.dvs (“…” are your DV script commands to do what you want to do) Another way of creating a startup script is to use DESQview’s Learn feature to create a script (see page 136 of the manual) and give the script a name that starts with an exclaimation point. This script will become a startup script. To use Method 2, get hold of one of the many “start a window from the command line” utilities. One of these is RUN, part of the DVSI package available on SimTel and mirrors (see Q203). Then write a batch file that uses RUN to create the windows you need, and put that batch file in the Program field of BD-PIF.DVP. Then you
