DOS 4.00 Technical Reference and Application Programming

The DOS 4.00 Technical Reference and Application Programming is an additional purchase item written for programmer's who develop applications for IBM Personal Computers and Personal System/2.
 * 15F0256
 * 1988

It consists of the following materials:
 * DOS Version 4.00 Technical Reference
 * DOS Version 4.00 Technical Quick Reference
 * Conditions of Use Statement
 * 3.5" (720KB) DOS Utilities Diskette
 * 5.25" (360KB) DOS Utilities Diskette

Contents

 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) Accessing Disks
 * 3) Accessing Files With File Handles
 * 4) Accessing Files Using File Control Blocks
 * 5) Managing Device I/O
 * 6) Controlling Processes
 * 7) Creating OBJECT CODE LIBRARIES
 * 8) Creating an Executable File
 * 9) Converting File Formats
 * 10) Debugging a Program
 * A. DOS 4.00 Interrupts
 * B. DOS 4.00 Function Calls
 * C. I/O Control for Devices (IOCTL)
 * D. Expanded Memory Support

The Utilities Diskette
A utilities diskette is included with this book. It contains a listing of the following utilities, and the description of each utility, to help programmers develop an application program:
 * DEBUG.COM - A utility to isolate and determine errors in executable programs.
 * EXE2BIN.EXE - A utility to convert executable file formats (.EXE) to .COM formats to make them more compact and, therefore, load more quickly.
 * LIB.EXE - A utility that allows the programmer to build and edit object libraries.
 * LINK.EXE - A utility to translate object code to executable code.
 * VDISK.ASM - A fully documented programming example of a device driver. However, this example does not reflect the current level of VDISK.SYS.

Links

 * PDF
 * ZP88-0364