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─────BIND Limitations───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     Not all programs can be bound. Programs suitable for conversion
     should make no system calls other than calls to the functions
     listed in the Family API. (The Family API is a subset of the
     Application Program Interface functions and is summarized in the
     "Microsoft(R) Operating System/2 Programmer's Reference.")
 
     If your program makes calls to dynamic-link functions outside the
     Family API, you have three alternatives:
 
       1. Specify a standard (not DLL) library containing the non-API
          functions. To do this, use the <linklibs> field of the
          command line.
          See: ◄BIND Command-Line Syntax►
 
       2. Have your program check which operating system is running and
          restrict system calls to functions in the Family API when
          running under DOS.
 
          BIND supports this alternative by providing the /N command-
          line option. With this option, you specify a list of
          functions supported only in protected mode. If your program
          attempts to call one of these functions in real mode, the
          BadDynLink system function in the Family API is called, and
          your program aborts.
          See: ◄Specify Protected-Mode Functions (/N)►
 
       3. Create a dual-mode version of your program.
          See: ◄How to Build a Dual-Mode Program►
 
     An executable produced with BIND can be run under DOS versions 2.0
     and higher. However, if you rename the file produced by BIND, it
     can be run only under DOS versions 3.0 and higher.
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