I think I remember someone once-upon-a-time (Like Ian maybe?) saying that multiple instances was a defeatable within p99, either thru the ini files or perhaps a registry setting...This would have been from when I still worked out at NASA, so we're talking around 2000. Could be worth checking the TechServ messagebase from the timeperiod beinning at release of P99SE (when I grudgingly bought into the update from P98) until my NASA tenure ended around Jun 1 of 2001, on search terms like "Multiple" and "multiple instances".
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:58 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] stopping second instance of 99SE oh well, thanks anyway Harry but unless i missed something in my exhaustive :} 3 minute trial of CONTROL LAUNCHER here is what i see: the launcher they provide will not start a second copy of the launched program if the default setting of 'one copy only' is set and you use their program launch button but if you dbl click on a DDB in 'explorer' a second copy is started up as usual i would think that it would be possible for a program to intercept the file association program 'launching' process and prevent that but as for now the search goes on (maybe i am the only one who wants this) BTW and on a vaguely related topic has anyone tried ExplorerPlus ? http://www.novatix.com/ as i am always in search of a file manager to replace the hated (at least by me) Windows Explorer i have found this prog and am so far impressed enough that i actually shelled out the big bucks ($40) after the free trial run Dennis Saputelli Harry Lemmens wrote: > > Supposedly, this app will allow you to control this aspect of windows. > I have not tried it myself. http://www.softaward.com/732.html > > Actually, it should have been written into the application itself > (That is, to detect, and dis-allow a second instance of itself to be > launched!) Done correctly, it would have opened the DDB in the already active session. > > Cheers > Harry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 11:11 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] stopping second instance of 99SE > > is there any utility out there that will stop a second instance of a > program from running when you double click a data file with a file > associated which would start that program ? > > sure would love that, seems like it would be feasible from the small > amount i know about this stuff > > this desire is due to the all too frequent mishap of double clicking a > DDB instead of or during dragging it to the title bar > > after 2 copies are running i have found it a MUST to quit them both > and restart 99SE, else something goes screwy with the loaded libraries > > i'm sure i posted this some time ago but thought i would try again > > Dennis Saputelli > > -- -- _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
