Andrew Is it not possible for you to include the C code as a LiveCode external rather than write a separate program?
Regards Peter On 4 May 2014, at 11:24, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > Good point Richard. I never thought of it like that. Hmmm, I'll have to > look into that. How I'm doing it now is how you've described it but I was > asked if I could come up with a way to do this without adding any new files > to disk on the fly and not need admin rights to facilitate this. It was > written as a c program for the raw performance boost otherwise doing it all > in LiveCode is a perfect option. I know we can use in memory SQLlite dB's > and some other things but I imagine runrev had to do some work on the > backside to make that happen. Anyhow, ill keep exploring my alternatives. > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Andrew > On May 3, 2014 9:46 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > >> Andrew Kluthe wrote: >> >>> I have the need to run a command line utility from LiveCode without >>> writing it to disk. Ideally I would like to store it in a custom >>> property and find a way to run it in memory without ever writing it >>> to a disk. Is this at all possible using only LiveCode? >> >> If I understand this correctly, it's not LiveCode that'll be running the >> program, but Windows; LiveCode is simply initiating the execution. >> >> Can Windows run programs that exist only in the memory space of another >> application? >> >> I don't know the answer to that, but kinda I hope not, since intuitively >> it seems like a potential security hole. >> >> Can you write the program file to temp and launch it from there? >> >> Or rewrite its functionality in script? >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web >> ____________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
