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Re: Wimp_StartTask

From "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: Wimp_StartTask
Date 2012-08-08 09:49 +0000
Organization APDL
Message-ID <a8er1sFrjjU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On  8-Aug-2012, Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>
wrote:

> Oh yes, there are no files open. The update process is download update,
> unpack it, copy it over the existing one (after taking a backup), then
> start it up. Checking for updates is the first thing it does and no files
> are opened until the process is complete. When the new one runs it
>tells the old one to die before it puts itself on the icon bar.
>
> I'm guessing that something in the !Run file triggered it (though it's
> just a standard file with no unusual commands), but as it all now seems
> to be working I don't suppose I will ever know. It's been a useful
> discussion anyway.

That triggered a thought. ISTR that if a !Run file contains *anything* after
the line that actually runs the program then it will remain open until the
program terminates. Normally this wouldn't matter, but if you try to run a
second instance then the !Run file will still be open.

I think this even applies if there's a LF at the end of the final line.
Certainly most programs (and all of mine) just end the !Run file at the end
of the final line with no line terminator.

-- 
David Holden  -  APDL  -  <http://www.apdl.co.uk>

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Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 09:32 +0100
  Re: Wimp_StartTask Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-08-06 12:59 +0200
    Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 13:00 +0100
      Re: Wimp_StartTask Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-08-06 13:16 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 13:55 +0100
          Re: Wimp_StartTask Ian <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2012-08-06 14:05 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 14:38 +0100
          Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-07 19:02 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 14:57 +0100
          Re: Wimp_StartTask "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 14:23 +0000
            Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 15:48 +0100
              Re: Wimp_StartTask Ian <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2012-08-06 15:54 +0100
              Re: Wimp_StartTask Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-08-06 16:05 +0100
              Re: Wimp_StartTask Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-08-06 18:59 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-08-06 15:54 +0100
  Re: Wimp_StartTask "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-08-06 11:37 +0000
  Re: Wimp_StartTask Justin Fletcher <gerph@gerph.org> - 2012-08-07 22:09 +0100
    Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 08:49 +0100
      Re: Wimp_StartTask "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 09:49 +0000
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 11:04 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-08 11:39 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Justin Fletcher <gerph@gerph.org> - 2012-08-08 22:32 +0100
          Re: Wimp_StartTask "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-08-09 06:20 +0000
          Re: Wimp_StartTask druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-08-12 09:18 +0100
      Re: Wimp_StartTask Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-08-08 11:32 +0100
        Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 11:57 +0100
          Re: Wimp_StartTask Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-08-08 13:07 +0100
            Re: Wimp_StartTask Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-08 14:31 +0100
              Re: Wimp_StartTask Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-08-08 15:53 +0100
                Re: Wimp_StartTask "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 15:32 +0000
                Re: Wimp_StartTask Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 17:35 +0100
                Re: Wimp_StartTask Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-08-08 23:12 +0100
                Re: Wimp_StartTask jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk (Jonathan Graham Harston) - 2012-08-08 23:15 +0100

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