Re: program launching
- Posted by Evan Marshall <evan at net-link.net> May 31, 2002
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How about this? procedure open_display_window() openWindow(Win2,Normal) end procedure onActivate[Win1] = routine_id("open_display_window") George Walters wrote: > >well, i guess i didn't explain it good enough. launching the program (win32 >app) is done from another program and is not the problem. The problem is the >window opens but nothing will execute until an event ocurrs (like a >'continue' button being clicked). I want the window to open and the program >begin to execute displaying stuff in the status bar without the user having >to do anything. > >I can do this.....onClick[Continue] = routine_id("Main") .... but i would >like not to have any user action required. > >george >----- Original Message ----- >From: "rudy toews" <rltoews at ilos.net> >To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> >Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:45 PM >Subject: RE: program launching > > >> >>George Walters wrote: >> >>>I would like to launch a program which opens a window for displaying >>>stuff >>>while executing w/o having to click a 'start' button or some other user >>>intervention. I can't figure out how to do this? Can anyone offer >>>asuggestion? ....thanks >>> >>>george >>> >>> >>> >>hi George >>dos programs would use the autoexec.bat to launch when computer is >>booted. >>windows would launch programs automatically when started if the shortcut >>is put into c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup >> >>maybe a timer program can launch them at different times. >>i have not played with the task manager to see if it can do that, sorry. >> >>rudy >> >>lotterywars >> >> >> > > >