The DESQview API library for Clipper. (Quarterdeck Office Systems)(Applications Programming Interface) (Software Review) (evaluation)

DESQview is software that runs on top of DOS and creates a window-based, multi-tasking operating environment. The DESQview Application Program Interface (API) for Clipper is a set of more than 300 functions that interfaces Clipper to the DESQview environment. The API library lets you run multiple Clipper tasks under DESQview. It provides everything necessary for coordinating operations such as screen handling, data passing, mouse and keyboard input, creating and running subtasks, scheduling, and controlling the DESQview

environment. With DESQview and the API library, Clipper developers can write multi-tasking systems with user-controlled windowing and multi-threaded operations (background processing). That means …