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Passing Parameter to running program
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Passing Parameter to running program
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
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Thread ID:
01486218
Message ID:
01486218
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120
Does anyone have code to pass parameters in the .exe command line to a running application.

I want to include a link to the application in an e-mail and have the application start using the record seek info passed by the e-mail. And I need to account for the possibility that the application is already running. I can do this with PARAMETERS statement, but I also have a trap in the PRG to prevent a second instance of the program from starting. So now I have that trap "drop a turd" with the record search info using fcreate() and then I have a timer in the program file look for the turd every 2 seconds and go to that record. Crude but it works.

Anyone have a better idea?
Ron Seidl
Independent Developer
VFP

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