In article <s11f90ea.048@GWSM.DOH.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU>, Tim CHURCHES <TCHUR@DOH.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU> writes: > When a DOS (i.e. non-Windows) programme is invoked using > the X command or its equivalents ( i.e the system() function or > the %sysexec macro call), the screen switches to > full-screen text mode with an unpleasant click from some > relays in my monitor, runs the DOS programme or command, > then switches back to Windows graphs mode (more clicks > and flickering). Ugly indeed. Windows NT and Windows 95 > don't do this - they pop up a DOS window but everything stays > in graphics mode. > > My question: under Windows 3.x, is there a way making the X > command start a DOS window in graphics mode rather than a > full-screen text mode session? Windows 3.x is capable of > doing this - if you "run" a PIF file which contains the DOS > command you want to run and which has the "windowed" > rather than the "full screen" check box selected, then all is > well. However, you cannot invoke a PIF file using the SAS X > command or equivalents.

I had to check just how I did it, but here it is:

Make a PIF-file called _default.pif and enter as the program name _.bat. Press the In Window button under the Use heading. Perhaps there is already a _default.pif file in your setup, but pressing the In Window button does cause the X window to be a real window ...

The exact names of the items in the PIF editor may be different from what I said above as I have only a Finnish language Windows.

good luck, --... ...-- -.. . --- .... ..--- --.. .- --.. Arjen Raateland, SAS Support Finnish Environment Agency Helsinki, Finland .-.-. -.-