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Q30814: MASM 5.10 OS2.DOC: OS/2 Call Summary - Queue Management

Article: Q30814
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
Queue management constant - INCL_DOSQUEUES

   @DosMakePipe - Creates a pipe
   Parameters - ReadHandle:PW, WriteHandle:PW, PipeSize:W

   @DosCloseQueue - Closes a queue
   Parameters - QueueHandle:W

   @DosCreateQueue - Creates and opens a queue
   Parameters - QueueHandle:PW, QueuePrt:W, QueueName:PZ

   @DosOpenQueue - Opens a queue
   Parameters - OwnerPID:PW, QueueHandle:PW, QueueName:PZ

   @DosPeekQueue - Retrieves, but does not remove, a queue element
   Parameters - QueueHandle:W, Request:PD, DataLength:PW, DataAddress:PD
                ElementCode:PW, NowWait:W, ElemPriority:PB, SemHandle:D

   @DosPurgeQueue - Purges a queue of all elements
   Parameters - QueueHandle:W

   @DosQueryQueue - Finds the size of (number of elements in) a queue
   Parameters - QueueHandle:W, NumberElements:PW

   @DosReadQueue - Reads and removes an element from a queue
   Parameters - QueueHandle:W, Request:PD, DataLength:PW, DataAddress:PD
                ElementCode:W, NoWait:W, ElemPriority:PW, SemHandle:D

   @DosWriteQueue - Adds an element to a queue
   Parameters - QueueHandle:W, Request:W, DataLength:W, DataBuffer:PB,
                ElemPriority:W

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