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Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output

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          Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> wrote:

> [...]
> What I understand from your description is:

> You have two programs. Let's call them progA and progB.

> ProgA is a "task" running in a TaskWindow. Is this really a task?

A program running in a TaskWindow is always a task.

> As druck points out:

> On 14-11-2011 20:40, druck wrote:
>> You can't directly launch any program that calls Wimp_Initialise from a
>> TaskWindow, as you are already inside the Taskwindow's wimp task.

> So how was progA started? Does it call Wimp_Initialise?

Since ProgA is running in a TaskWindow, that question does not make 
any sense.

> ProgB is an "Absolute application". Is it an absolute file, i.e. a
> runnable executable, or is it an application, i.e. a !App directory with
> the full complement of !Run, !RunImage, etc?

I cannot see why that should make any difference. Each executable is 
in some directory or other. Whether it starts with a pling or not is 
only relevant to the Filer, not to program environment.

> ProgB is launched with Wimp_StartTask (presumably from progA).

> Is progB a task (i.e. does it call Wimp_Initialise)?

> [...]

> If progB is not a task, then there is no need to start it with
> Wimp_StartTask.

Yes, there is. Starting progB directly from ProgA would replace ProgA 
by ProgB, i.e., ProgA would be terminated.

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TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-12 22:07 +0000
  Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-11-14 19:40 +0000
    Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-19 22:45 +0000
      Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2011-11-19 23:49 +0000
      Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@t-online.de> - 2011-11-20 11:48 +0100
  Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-11-16 16:53 +0100
    Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-11-16 17:29 +0100
  Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output James Lampard <dontreplytothis@mailinator.com> - 2011-11-18 03:35 -0800
    Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-19 22:14 +0000
      Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2011-11-19 23:44 +0000
      Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output James Lampard <dontreplytothis@mailinator.com> - 2011-11-20 02:39 -0800
        Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-20 14:56 +0000
          Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output James Lampard <dontreplytothis@mailinator.com> - 2011-11-25 09:24 -0800
            Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-25 21:00 +0000
              Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-27 13:56 +0000
                Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-12-20 13:48 +0000
  Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Gerph <gerph@gerph.org> - 2011-11-20 05:09 -0800
    Re: TaskWindow launch an app and get its output Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-22 17:07 +0000

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