On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 6:55 AM, adam.c.bernier <adam.c.bern...@kp.org> wrote: > On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 12:55:30 PM UTC-7, adam.c.bernier wrote: >> On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 12:51:02 PM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote: >> > On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 6:40 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > If that's what's happening it would be a bug. Are you sure that the >> > > other program isn't simply crashing or otherwise failing to complete? >> > > >> > >> > Or possibly is running asynchronously. Is this a GUI app? A lot of >> > Windows GUI programs don't wait when you invoke them. >> > >> > ChrisA >> >> Aha! Since the Excel app is a GUI app it's not waiting is that right? > > If that's the case is there any workaround?
Errr.... been a while since I messed with Windows.... from memory, I think you can "start /wait programname" to make it wait?? Worth a try, at least. Otherwise, your best bet would be to wait in a completely different way. Give the app a specific file name to use as a signal, and when it's done, it should create that file. You then watch for that file, and when it exists, you move on. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
