Defining a Multiple Application VDM (MAVDM)
When defining a MAVDM, the user specifies WINOS2.COM for the Path and
Filename field in the Program page of the Settings notebook.
As explained above, the Workplace Shell detects that the application is
a Windows application and sets the Program Type field in the Session
page to Windows Full Screen.
The user may also define one or more Windows applications which will be
activated when the VDM is started. This is achieved as follows:
The applications to be started are specified
in the Parameters field of the Program dialog. Full path
name and parameters should be specified.
The syntax for the parameters field is:
/R|/S [{][!|^]App1 App-parms [,] [!|^]App2 App-parms
- R
Windows real mode
- S
Windows standard mode
These
parameter are active for the whole VDM and not on an application base.
!
Start the Windows Application Minimized
^
Start the Windows Application Maximized. No blank must
be specified between '!' or '^' and the application name.
A MAVDM
will be created if one of the following are present:
Comma separating
the application names
An
application name is not passed as a parameter.
If
neither the exclamation mark nor the caret is specified, the Windows application
will start "normalized", approximately one third of the screen size.
Changes are effective immediately and are saved when the Settings notebook
is closed or when the system is shut down. The Default button resets
all settings to their previous values.
2.
In
the Session dialog WIN-OS/2 full screen must be selected.
The icon will be the Windows full-screen icon defined by WINOS2.COM.
Individual icons for applications running in the MAVDM are not displayed
on the Workplace Shell desktop.
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