Hi: Can anyone tell me how to write dos applications that give a graphical user interface using characters etc, just like borlands turbo debugger and so many more. I think a good question would be: What was turbo debugger written in? Thanks Clive

If you refer to user semi-graphic (text built) interfaces like those implemented by the Borland's IDE for programmers, a powerful tool even if cumbersome is Turbo Vision, the object oriented programming extension of Turbo Pasacal 5, 6 and 7. It is integral part of those products and, apart 7.0, you can find public domain copies on the web. It is quite complex, but the resulting applications look like the nice Borland's interfaces with many tools (editors, shell, dialog boxes, mouse support) readily available. I'm speaking of course, as you posted, about true 16 bit DOS applications that can still run under Windows environments but can't exploit the full capabilities of 32 bit operating systems.

why do you want to do this? learning Win32 is just as easy (if not easier) and its better. if your main reason is easiness get visual C++ and use MFC those rock!