Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT
URGENT!! Invisible Typist Testers, EXEC Error
The Turbo Pascal manual says that the SwapVectors function is _recommended_ before and after EXEC(); I apologize, as I ignored the recommendation, and used EXEC() to run DOS functions "TYPE" and "DIR". On the machine I program on (386, no windows), I have never had a problem. But on two test machines, using the "Invisible Typist" DOS menu shell, doing a CTRL-C to abort the "TYPE" file listing, causes DOS and/or a combination of DOS and Windows, or other system or resident programs, to create two files. I am very sorry this happens, and I will take immediate steps to use "SwapVectors" with the "EXEC" function from now on. Anyone having a copy of "Invisible Tyist" should be aware of this, and if this problem occurs, please erase all copies of the program. I will be glad to replace the program with a corrected program if requested (and I will take "recommendations" seriously from now on). I had no idea that files could be created without a specific request, sorry, there is nothing in the program itself that could account for files being created, and I am fairly confident that this is just a harmless effect. Sincerely, Kenneth Edmund Fischer ---
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