Thanks, Joe. As always, your advice is the best.
Paul Dobbs Software Engineer, Staff Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Phone (972) 603-1244 Fax (972) 603-2017 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph J. Strout Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:21 PM To: REALbasic NUG Subject: RE: Stdin to app with gui At 11:53 AM -0500 4/18/06, Dobbs, Paul wrote: >Myshell.DataAvailable: >Window1.outEdt.Text = Window1.outEdt.Text + " " + Me.ReadAll Ouch. Please use outEdt.AppendText, or at least assign to .SelText, rather than convert the entire EditField contents to a string, add another string, convert this back to EditFIeld contents, and replace the entire previous contents with the new content. >RunBtn.Action: > Dim S As New Myshell > > S.Mode = 2 > StateLbl.Caption = "State: Running" > s.Execute "Writer" ...and at this point, your local MyShell object goes out of scope, and so is destroyed (abruptly terminating whatever process it was running). >I figured it out. I needed to add > while s.IsRunning > s.Poll > wend >After the s.execute No, I wouldn't recommend that! You're in a GUI app, which already has an event loop, and polls things that need to be polled. You simply need to not let your Shell object die prematurely. Store a reference to it on your window, for example. Or better yet, just add a Shell instance directly to your window in the window editor -- then you don't even need a MyShell class, as you could implement its events right on the window. Best, - Joe -- Joseph J. Strout [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
