--- brucexs wrote: > In what types of circumstances would you use such a feature? I'm > trying to understand whether a wait or a callback to a provided > script would work better.
In the past, when PowerPro used the command line to import information into .PCF files, I was launching PProConf and the next step of my script required that this be complete. An awkward way of doing this can be found in my ColourSpy installation script, which repeatedly attempts to delete the file that PProConf is reading, and when this file is deletable, it is assumed that PProConf has terminated and the script moves on. This of course is not failsafe since the script could successfully delete the file in question before PProConf opens it for reading. Now that PowerPro uses ImportCL(), etc. to complete this task, I mainly plan to use such a feature for a utility that processes a binary file and appends output to a text file. A window is not created during the process, no new files are created and the executable can take as long as twenty seconds to run, while beginning to modify the output file at the start of the process, so checking for a window, a new file, or watching for a change in filestamp of the output file are not practicable options. > I don't want to modify the PowerPro exe at this stage, but could > possibly do something in plugin. Perhaps something along the lines of a File.ExecWait() service would be in order? In addition to running an executable and halting the script during this time, would it be possible for this plugin service to report any errorlevels that the executable may return? E.g.: Local ErrorLevel = File.ExecWait(?"C:\CmdLnUtil.exe", "Params", ?"C:\WorkDir") -- Alex Peters / Melbourne, Australia PowerPro v3.8.18 / Windows XP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
