Delphi replaced Dos unit with what?

[scooper]

Would anyone know how Borland replaced the Dos unit from Turbo Pascal in
Delphi? I am trying to run a TP program that neds the Dos unit in Delphi 5
and I remember reading of another unit they created for this task.
Thanking you
scooper

[Dave Baxter]

In article <00e3de58$0$15609$c3e...@news.astraweb.com>, robertc47
@internode.on.net says...

In D7 at least (D5 not available, but I believe this may be similar)...

Project, Add New Project, then select "Console Application"

Would that do?

Dave B.

[Maarten Wiltink]

"scooper" <robe...@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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I suppose it's overly glib to suggest the Windows unit.

But there is something to it. If your program needs DOS, it's not a
given that it will be a good match to run it on Windows.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink

[Jamie]

Maybe you can use this one.
http://www.koders.com/delphi/fid887E17D19332E6893D0E475CA048909A0AFF9F06.aspx

And Also, you could look for the "WinCrt" that gives you the basics of
the "CRT" in TP with out the need of the low level crap.

and start with a Console app, not a GUI one..

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You really should look into converting that into GUI, also, don't
expect to perform any low level INT's port reads/writes.

[Rudy Velthuis]

scooper wrote:

There is no replacement, but I guess you can find most of the functions
in SysUtils.
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[Rudy Velthuis]

Jamie wrote:

> And Also, you could look for the "WinCrt" that gives you the basics of
> the "CRT" in TP with out the need of the low level crap.

Or try:

http://rvelthuis.de/programs/console.html

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[scooper]

Thanks Rudy & everyone I think what I had in mind was ShellAPI.dcu

but for future reference I came across this:

ShellExecute(0, 'Open', PChar(Edit1.Text), PChar(''), PChar(''), SW_Hide);}

which executes the DOS OPEN command using the text in Edit1.Text as main
parameter(ie it opens the file named in Edit1.TExt).

scooper
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