> I threw out the text file option cause I was worried about > synchronicity and > file lock outs...
Just make sure you open it read only with fileIO (not read/write) and you shouldn't have a problem even if the other app's got it open. (I never have.) If you wanted to test it, you could pretty quickly write 2 dir apps - one that writes to a file and one that reads it and set them running for a couple hours, days, or weeks to see if they ever bang heads. Synchronicity shouldn't be a problem if you're getting the data fresh every 1/30th of a second, like I said, you may even be able to push it up to 1/60 or 1/100th of a second, or who knows maybe even 1/1000 -- I've never tried it.... Bob [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
