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3 total messages Started by Mike Collins Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:42

conceptual question - embedding external applicions in MDI

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Author: Mike Collins
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:42

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Hi all, this is purely a conceptual question as the thought went through my 
head today.  I've got a MDI application that is use to manage a product of 
ours.  It facilitates things like live updates, language independence 
features etc.  On aspect is compiling and uploading our live updates to our 
web server.  Currently i have a button and some code that does a ShellExecEx 
to launch WinSCP and allow access, via SFTP to out webserver.  Works fine 
and i'm completely happy with it, but just out of interest, is there anyway 
to launch an external application and then make it appear as if it is 
embedded either with in a child form or a panel?

WinSCP is written in C++Builder so i'm assuming it does not support any 
automation technologies such as DDE or COM - again, this is just out of 
interest.

Many thanks,

Mike C

Re: conceptual question - embedding external applicions in MDI

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Author: poojo hackma
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:38

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This is a conceptual response:

Wouldn't you want to create a structure in your application that uses the 
data and have your server send these structure packets over the network? 
Your application could do whatever it wanted with the data: spawn a child 
form, populate a panel, etc.

Did I misunderstand the question?

Re: conceptual question - embedding external applicions in MDI

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Author: Mike Collins
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:19

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thanks for the reply - maybe i didn't explain myself very well.

This was a conceptual question, as in i don't really have any intention of 
doing it, just wanted to know if it is possible.  My example was just that - 
an example.  My management application works fine for us, i could code my 
own SFTP communications or use the code from WinSCP if i really had the time 
or the need - which i don't; the point of the management suite is to speed 
up the mundane day-to-day tasks.

What i wanted to know, is, is it possible to embed an Win32 application into 
my own application - a bit like when you use the OLEContainer VCL.  For 
example, you can spawn a TForm then assign it's parent to a panel and it 
will, in effect, become embedded within that panel - i just wanted to know 
if that sort of thing is possible with whole application, that do not 
support automation.

It's purely out of interest.


"poojo hackma" <poojo.com/mail> wrote in message 
news:45d0ec48$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> This is a conceptual response:
>
> Wouldn't you want to create a structure in your application that uses the 
> data and have your server send these structure packets over the network? 
> Your application could do whatever it wanted with the data: spawn a child 
> form, populate a panel, etc.
>
> Did I misunderstand the question?
>

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