RevSession opening issue (was RE: RunRev versus WinRar)

[xbury.cs at clearstream.com]

It's true that under multi-user-multi-session NT servers, the single 
instance can be useless. 
But in this case, RunRev document launching (from explorer or shell) is 
useless for a single session
and even dangerous for multiple sessions with unsychronized file writes...

Hope there is a solution for all cases ;)

cheers
Xavier


On 11.04.2005 10:39:48 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Ken Ray wrote:
>
>> Of course, this *still* isn't Microsoft's official stance on things.
>>
>>Article from Microsoft
>>=============
>>However here's an article *from* Microsoft on "How to Write an 
Application
>>That Supports Fast User Switching in Windows XP":
>>
>>  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310153/EN-US/
>>
>>Where you get the curious (funny!) statement:
>>
>>  "Note that wherever possible you must ensure that Windows XP 
applications
>>support multiple instances running simultaneously in the same or 
different
>>user sessions. Applications that do not allow multiple instances are not
>>considered best-practice Windows XP applications."
>>
>>ROFLOL!
>>
>>Go figure!
>>
>[ what am I doing defending Msoft ??? ]
>
>I think that paragraph is an accurate description of MS's current
>beliefs and practices. The significant word being the "XP" in  "Windows
>XP applications". Over time, MS has recommended a variety of style -
>single vs multiple vs multiple synch'ed vs .... anything you can
>imagine.  But sometime in the mid-90s, they realized that multiple
>instances produces the fewest problems, and settled on  that as their
>preferred style.
>
>Most, if not all, RECENT Microsoft apps follow that "best practice", and
>I suspect any that don't just haven't had a big enough revision done in
>years.
>
>-
>Alex Tweedly       http://www.tweedly.net


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