Re: program launching
- Posted by George Walters <gwalters at sc.rr.com> May 31, 2002
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I beleive that would work.... I had looked in my 'book' and onActivate was not in it. Looking in the Win32Full_lib.ew seems to indicate that is what it is used for... thanks.. george ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Marshall" <evan at net-link.net> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: Re: program launching > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > > >