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Is it possible to see another exe's menu...?
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ASP.NET
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Other
Title:
Is it possible to see another exe's menu...?
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VB.NET 1.1
OS:
Windows 2000 SP4
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01123572
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01123572
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This is probably going to be a strange question but...Is it possible to programatically "see" another exe's Menu Object from a certain form?

Here is what I am trying to do. I have a Client/Server application where the Server is responsible for maintaining the application's database and all users that connect to it. On a new version release, the Server needs to update a table on the database that houses a "text based" image map of the Client applications main Menu Object structure. The reason for this is because that structure is used to link to another table that holds MenuPermissions, which in turn give certain users permission to see or not see certain menu items. The problem is that the menu in question resides on the Client executable, and the routine responsible for updating the Database with the latest menu structure is on the Server executable. Is there a way for my Server.exe to query the Client.exe to retrieve the menu object information I need?

If I was able to do this, then all I have to make sure is that the latest Client.exe is in a directory that the Server.exe can reach, which is a needed structure for my application anyway...
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Ben Santiago, MCP & A+
Programmer Analyst (SQL, FoxPro, VB, VB.Net, Java, HTML, ASP, JSP, VBS)
Eastern Suffolk BOCES - Student Data Services


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