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Unicode names with DOSLFN driver (Developers)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 20.09.2011, 08:49

> I think I can. Almost nobody uses DF flag. Besides that virtualy all
> programers expect that DF is zero - not very programmers even test it when
> using instructions like REP MOVSD

I agree with cm that such an "extension" is a *very* bad idea.

A possible approach is using int 2Fh, ax=1401h (NLSFUNC). This API is already hooked by DOSLFN. It could be easily extended to be used by a program to - temporarily - switch to a (virtual?) codepage that does what you want.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - Laaca, 16.09.2011, 22:22 (Developers)
  • Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - ron, 17.09.2011, 01:11
  • Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - ecm, 17.09.2011, 14:41
    • Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - Laaca, 19.09.2011, 15:46
      • Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - ecm, 20.09.2011, 06:06
        • Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - Laaca, 20.09.2011, 06:47
          • Unicode names with DOSLFN driver - Japheth, 20.09.2011, 08:49