[REBOL] Re: Regarding /command and -w switch in win2K.
From: brian:hawley at: 1-May-2001 11:31
Hi Terry,
I rearranged things to show the threads of conversation...
Terry Brownell wrote:
>Brian Hawley wrote:
> > TBrownell wrote:
> > >With win2K, if you create a shortcut to reb/command like so...
> > >
> > >c:\rebol.exe -w
> > >
> > >The only way to kill it is by rebooting?
> >
> > You can kill a process from the Processes page of the
> > Windows Task Manager.
>
>Firstly, there is no process to kill with the -w switch.
Sure there is. Processes show up on the Processes page. In
WinNT/2k, processes don't show up on the Applications page
unless they have a non-hidden window that shows up on the
task bar, but they still show up on the Processes page. You
can kill them from there with the "End Process" button.
Alas, I don't recall how to kill processes from the command
line on NT or 2k, just from Task Manager. Oh well...
> > >Is there anyway to have a command script run in the background,
> > >call a view script and...
> >
> > Can your task be done with /View/Pro? It would be simpler...
>
>Next, View doesn't have a runtime yet, so?
It was a reasonable question. I thought you were going to
say database support, but I forgot about the runtime. Does
your app need database support or are you using the runtime
as a cost-saving measure? I'm just curious - we may have
the same problems here at my job.
As for your problem, perhaps the /Command script can call
the /View script through the Windows start command. There
may be some combination of the /wait refinement to both
the call function and the start command that might work.
When the /View program exits, the call will return and the
/Command script can continue. If you try this, please tell
me if it works...
Beyond that, I can only suggest that the /Command script
be a server program and the /View script be the client.
That's the general approach we use here, at least when we
need functions that aren't in /Core, /View, or their /Pro
equivalents.
Brian Hawley
