Control From Outside

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Sun Aug 18 16:17:47 EDT 2013


How about documentation so I can read up on it?  I didn't see anything in
the docs.


On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> 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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>
> Mark Schonewille
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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.
> >
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