In addition, this interface provides protected
memory access, so the DOS application doesn??™t interfere with Windows operation. You can
read about DPMI at http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213913,00.html.
To use this interface, an application developer needs to provide special support in the application;
usually as part of a third-party add-on library. All you need to know is whether the application (typically
a game) supports DPMI to use this feature. This utility uses the following syntax:
DosX
As you can see, this utility doesn??™t require any command line switches and it doesn??™t display any
messages after you install it. You can use the MEM utility described in the ???Determining Memory
Status with the Mem Utility??? section of Chapter 12 to determine whether the utility loaded into
memory as anticipated.
Enabling Graphics Character Support with the GrafTabl Utility
Normally, the system displays any extended characters your application needs to display as plaintext.
In some cases, this means the extended characters won??™t display correctly because your system
may lack the capability required to display the extended characters properly.
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