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From: Norbert Unterberg
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 09:31
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 09:31
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> 1) Is there a way to activate (start up) one application (that is NOT > currently running), and then terminate it FROM another application > that is currently running ? > > For example: I have applications X, Y and Z. X is currently running and > wants Y or Z to start running, perform a task and then > terminate. Yes, there is. First X trys to establish a DDE connection to Y. If Y does not answer, you start it using the WinExec or LoadModule command. That also makes Y the active window. After that, the DDE link between X and Y should work. X tells Y what to do, and after the processing X terminates Y (also by a DDE command). A window (Y) thar receices (DDE-) messages does not automatically popup. It has to make itself the active window. If Y has finished its job, it can either tell it X, so X can popup again (via SetActiveWindow), or it can terminate or SetActiveWindow(x) itself. Norbert, 2:245/36.4
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mintaka!olivea!uunet!mcsun!unido!rwthinf!slcdec!hippo!f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org!p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org!Norbert_Unterberg From: Norbert_Unterberg@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org (Norbert Unterberg) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: comp.windows.ms Message-ID: <1393185243@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org> Date: 6 May 91 09:31:00 GMT References: <41388@fmsrl7.UUCP> Reply-To: Norbert_Unterberg%p4.f36.n245.z2@hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Norbert Unterberg) Organization: Point of SoftStream, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 21 Comment-To: Bengt_A._Palsson@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Bengt A. Palsson)