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Suggest ways to return to a program after pc script finishes.
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The problem I see you'll have is getting Procomm to close without any user interaction although I think I've seen a thread or two here dealing with that.
If you want the EXE to wait until Procomm is done I can think of two strategies:
1. Initiate a DDE link and close the DDE link in Procomm cleanup at end of Procomm script. Or use Excel as an intermediary with Excel using Procomm as a DDE server and your EXE using Excel as a server with a DDEadvise type of access.
2. Use a text file or INI file to signal to your EXE that procomm has finished.
IF you use a text file you might have access conflict between the Procomm script and your EXE routine checking the file depending on the method you use to open the text file or INI in the EXE.
Hope these ideas helped. DT
If you want the EXE to wait until Procomm is done I can think of two strategies:
1. Initiate a DDE link and close the DDE link in Procomm cleanup at end of Procomm script. Or use Excel as an intermediary with Excel using Procomm as a DDE server and your EXE using Excel as a server with a DDEadvise type of access.
2. Use a text file or INI file to signal to your EXE that procomm has finished.
IF you use a text file you might have access conflict between the Procomm script and your EXE routine checking the file depending on the method you use to open the text file or INI in the EXE.
Hope these ideas helped. DT
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