Control From Outside

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Mike,

On Windows and Linux, you can start a standalone from the command line with parameteres. The parameters can be found in $0, $1 etc. You can do the same on Mac OS X, but you will have probems with the GUI. On Windows, you can also use the relaunch message to decide how a standalone should respond to the command line. The problem with the command line is that you can fire the app only once and can't interact. Using sockets, you may have more control. On Mac OS X, you can use Apple events, but you might also use sockets.

If you explain what you want to do exactly, I or someone else might give you better advice.

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On 17 aug 2013, at 19:36, Mike Kerner wrote:

> I thought there was a way to launch a LC app with parameters, i.e. stdin.
> Maybe I'm thinking of another IDE.
> 
> Launching the app isn't the problem.  It's passing the parameters to it at
> launch.  I could also create a file somewhere for the app to read.
>