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Q30804: MASM 5.10 OS2.DOC: OS/2 Call Summary - Process Control

Article: Q30804
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 26-MAY-1988

The following information is from the Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version 5.10 OS2.DOC file.

OS/2 Call Summary
Processes control constant - INCL_DOSPROCESS

   @DosCreateThread - Creates an asynchronous thread
   Parameters - PgmAddress:D, ThreadID:PW, NewThreadStack:PB

   @DosResumeThread - Restarts a suspended thread
   Parameters - ThreadID:W

   @DosSuspendThread - Suspends a thread
   Parameters - ThreadID:W

   @DosCWait - Makes thread wait for child process to terminate
   Parameters - ActionCode:W, WaitOption:W, ReturnCodes:PS, ProcessIDWord:PD,
                ProcessID:W
   Structure - RESULTCODES

   @DosSleep - Suspends current thread for specified interval
   Parameters - Interval:D

   @DosEnterCritSec - Disables other threads
   Parameters - none

   @DosExitCritSec - Reenables other threads
   Parameters - none

   @DosExitList - Maintains list of routines to be executed when thread ends
   Parameters - FnCode:W, RtnAddress:PW

   @DosExecPgm - Requests execution of a child program
   Parameters - ObjNameBuf:PB, ObjNameBufL:W, AsyncTraceFlags:W,
                ArgPointer:PZ, EnvPointer:PZ, ReturnCodes:PD, PgmPointer,PZ

   @DosGetPid - Gets process identification
   Parameters - Pid:PS
   Structure - PIDINFO

   @DosGetPrty - Returns the priority of a thread
   Parameters - Scope:W, Priority:PW, ID:W

   @DosSetPrty - Sets the priority of a child process or thread
   Parameters - Scope:W, PriorityClass:W, PriorityDelta:W, ID:W

   @DosKillProcess - Terminates a process and returns its termination code
   Parameters - ActionCode:W, ProcessID:W

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