It is but outside of my current skill set. Someone else wrote this. ;) I might have to explore that as well. Thanks! On May 3, 2014 10:45 PM, "Peter W A Wood" <peterwaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
