Display of Domain-Wide Message Broadcast Msgs. in DOS LAN Man (66281)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.0
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1a
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2
This article was previously published under Q66281 SUMMARY
If a DOS Enhanced user has the Network Information (NIF) Screen up and
receives domain-wide broadcast messages (for example, NET SEND
/DOMAIN:MYDOMAIN "TEXT"), the user does not get a popup until he or
she quits the NIF screen. Once the user exits the NIF screen, a popup
that lists all broadcast messages that were received while they had
the NIF screen up will be displayed.
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This is not the case when a directed message is sent to the user (for
example, NET SEND USER "TEXT"). The user will get a popup while the
NIF screen is being displayed.
This is considered to be correct behavior. Domain-wide messaging is
implemented via the mailslot API calls. The messenger checks its
mailslot to see if there is any data in the mailslot on Int 28s, and
because the NIF doesn't generate Int 28s in its idle loop, the
messenger never gets a chance to run; thus, it doesn't pop up until
the NIF exits. At that time, the messenger will run, see the message
in the mailslot, and pop it up.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/30/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB66281 |
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