inter-process communication

[Larry_R_Huisingh at rl.gov]

Richard,

FWIW, I'm not sure how cross-platform it is but I've written a DLL for the
Win32 platform that I use to communicate between my MC app and other Win32
non-MC apps via "named pipes".  It seems to work really well for us.  I
think there might be a similar mechanism on Unix/Linux.

Larry Huisingh

> From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at FourthWorld.com>
> Subject: inter-process communication
> 
> Anyone here successfully craft a custom 'aete' resource to 
> let users control
> their MC-based apps with AppleScript using a more 
> AppleScript-like syntax
> than "do script" and "evaluate"?
> 
> Also, if we're looking to provide equivalent functionality 
> for inter-process
> communication across platforms, how pervasive is DDE, and is 
> it worthwhile
> considering COM?
> 
> I know there's a DLL for DDE -- any IPC options for Windows 
> planned for the
> MC engine?
> 
> 
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin