The existing application can do 2 things. It can send command line parameters It can send a formatted URL
I can either catch the command line parameters - which is what I’ve been asking for or write the application to be a server responding to a URL sent to localhost. The latter seems overly complicated and could introduce latency which I don’t want. Thanks, Bill > On Mar 29, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Phil Davis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > It sounds like this is your scenario: > You have an app with UI that is running, and you want it to occasionally > send/receive info to/from another invisible 'helper' app. Is that correct? > > If so, can you use sockets in your environment? That would be a simple way to > get the interaction you want between the 2 apps. > > Or maybe I misunderstand your scenario. > > Best - > Phil _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
