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

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Return Code

APIRET16 Pascal far