Double-clicking a document in Windows

[Richard Gaskin]

Graham Samuel wrote:

> On  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:21:17 -0800 Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> 
>> [a lot of wise and interesting stuff about windows management in Windows]
> 
> Thanks, Richard, don't know how you find the time to know all this
> stuff!

That's what I hate about Rev:  it lets me do so much that I have to do
waaaaaaay too much reading to keep up with it. :)

> I am pondering it all. Meanwhile I think I can construct my
> app more or less the way I want it for both Mac and Windows, provided
> I simply forget about the possibility of multiple instances - and
> hoping the kids never find out!
> 
> In fact I can see a real problem with multiple instances, which is
> where an app not designed to cope with such an issue relies on
> keeping open for writing, a file which has been created for its
> exclusive use. This means that the second instance would simply fail,
> as the 'special' file would already be open when the second
> instantiation took place... however, for me this remains a
> theoretical possibility at present.

If you keep the file open in the first instance and check for errors when
tryin to open it, the second instance will fail and you can put up a dialog
suggestng they might already have an instance running.

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