DosSMStart
This allows the shell to start a new session. This can only be called by the shell that owns the session manager. I am not sure about the parameter 'type': this seems to be missing in some cases.
Syntax
APIRET16 Pascal far DOSSMSTART(short flag,short mode,short type, char far* null1,
char far* null2, char far* args, short* sessid, long unknown)
Parameters
- flag
- save parent session
- 0, yes
- 1, no
- mode
- session mode
- 0, start in foreground
- 1, start in background
- type
- session type
- 0, normal session
- 1, vio session
- 2, windowed session
- 3, VDM session
- null1
- must be null
- null2
- must be null
- args
- program arguments
- sessid
- the newly generated session id is returned
- unknown
- ?
Return Code
APIRET16 Pascal far