[fpc-pascal]Detecting Windows

James_Wilson at i2.com James_Wilson at i2.com
Thu Feb 1 20:15:40 CET 2001


> Hi, I am currently writing a program and for it to work
> correctly it must run in real DOS mode, that is not from
> an MS-DOS prompt in Windows. Is there any reliable method
> for detecting the presence of the Windows OS 3.1 9x and
> NT like interrupt calls perhaps ??

Perhaps this function will work...

Function WindowsRunning : boolean;

var
  regs : registers;

begin

  regs.ax := $00;
  regs.ah := $16;
  regs.al := $0A;
  intr ($2F, regs);

  if regs.ax = 0 then
     WindowsRunning := TRUE
  else
     WindowsRunning := FALSE;

end;






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