[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a wxPython application that does a lot of things. One of them, >in particular, I have doubts on how to implement it. Essentially, this part >of my application calls an external executable (an oil reservoir >simulator). What I would like to do, is to give the user the possibility to >run more than 1 simulation at the same time. This means: > >1) Writing the executable "data file" needed by the simulator >2) Run the executable file (and wait until completion) >3) Examine the simulation results > >For this, I was thinking about threads... does anyone have other/better >suggestion(s)? Does anyone see any difficulty/memory problems in using >threads?
Yes. Threads are used to run multiple parts of your own program. To run another program, you need to launch a new process. You can still monitor it. -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list