Passing Parameters

[Phil Davis]

On 11/7/11 12:47 AM, Phil Davis wrote:
> If you need to send a message from app1 to app2, and app2 is already running, 
> you could use socket communication between them. Don't have time to pencil it 
> out, but maybe someone else will. If not, I'll do it tomorrow.
>
> Phil

There is a nice intro to LC sockets here:
http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4071/l/12924-How-to-communicate-with-other-applications-using-sockets

For inter-app communication, both apps are client AND server.
Phil

>
>
> On 11/7/11 12:28 AM, Phil Davis wrote:
>> On Mac OS X, you can do it from the command line.
>>
>> 1) create a standalone app (named "Untitled1" in this example) that has this 
>> stack script:
>>
>>    on startup
>>         dispatch $1 to me
>>         quit
>>    end startup
>>
>>    on incoming
>>         beep
>>    end incoming
>>
>>
>> 2) create a different stack with this BUTTON script:
>>
>>    on mouseUp
>>         answer file "Pick the app:"
>>         if it = empty then exit to top
>>
>>         get shell (it & "/Contents/MacOS/Untitled1 incoming")
>>         put the result after msg
>>    end mouseUp
>>
>>
>> 3) click the button. It should start the "Untitled1" app and you should hear 
>> the beep. At least it works here.
>>
>> I haven't tried this on Windows, but I bet something similar would work there.
>>
>> Phil Davis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/6/11 7:35 PM, Cal Horner wrote:
>>> Is there any command that will allow me to pass a simple parameter to a 
>>> compiled LC  program?
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