Does the app that is servicing the request send a response back when it is completed? If not, then you might want to implement a "I'm Alive" message that is send between them, or at least from the servicing app back at regular expected intervals. If the app that's hanging does not receive either a response to its request or the "I'm alive" message within a certain amount of time, it can then infer that the servicing service is down or there is some other connectivity problem.
-----Original Message----- From: delphi-boun...@elists.org [mailto:delphi-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of J H Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:13 AM To: delphi@elists.org Subject: Servicing hanging messages ? I have two applications running sending messages to each other. Currently one of them crashes due to some memory violation, which I am working on. But as it terminates in a non normal way, it does not tell the other app, that it is no longer servicing in-coming messages. Thus the other app. hangs! Is there a way for, say, a third app. or a separate thread to monitor and service such hanging messages ? As it is, I have to start both apps up from scratch. It would be very unlikely the the window handle for the new edition of App 1 is the same. And there is still that hanging message. <P><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">___________________________________________________ ____________<BR>http://www.sol.dk/ - debat mail horoskoper spil og meget mere</font> _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.13020 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
