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    Run without waiting

    Does anyone know of a way to run another script (say script B) from within script A and then continue running remaining code in script A without having to wait for script B to complete? Script B contains UI functions so the use of threads appear to be out of consideration here.
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    Re: Run without waiting

    Brett,
    Maybe this will do as you want--
    Spawn
    When you choose this option, the Button Genie generates Xbasic code that uses the SCRIPT_SPAWN() command. The script plays in its own session. The script can change the primary table in its session (using the TABLE.RESET() method), without impacting on the session in which the parent script is running.
    The script cannot see any of the variables in the parent script.
    taken from-- http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...g_a_Script.htm
    Mike
    __________________________________________
    It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
    Henry David Thoreau
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      #3
      Re: Run without waiting

      Thanks, Mike. I tried that but it doesn't appear to do what I want. It all depends on what is meant by "the script plays in its own session". But whatever, script A just halts at the run point until script B finishes before continuing.

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        #4
        Re: Run without waiting

        Run them in 2 different threads making script A the foreground one.
        Incidentally, since New Year, each time I attempt typing a reply to a thread it gets garbyled up!
        Anyone notthe iced
        Like the ab ove line ! I was typing: anyone noticed
        the samething!
        This is very annoying

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          #5
          Re: Run without waiting

          You can't do two things at once without two workers (threads) to do the work. Does the remainder of script A have any UI code? If not, spawn a thread to complete what is currently in script A and run script B from your main thread so that the UI operates correctly.

          Lenny Forziati
          Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
          Alpha Software Corporation

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            #6
            Re: Run without waiting

            OK, thanks guys. Threads is the way to go then. I' will need to do some re-engineering but that's OK, I have time. Thanks again.

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              #7
              Re: Run without waiting

              Originally posted by G Gabriel View Post
              Incidentally, since New Year, each time I attempt typing a reply to a thread it gets garbyled up!
              Anyone notthe iced
              Like the ab ove line ! I was typing: anyone noticed
              the samething!
              This is very annoying
              Gabe, see if you can identify a task that's hogging the processor and causing this problem. I use Process Explorer to identify recalcitrant tasks. It's available here:

              http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx

              It used to be a SysInternals utility, now Microsoft. But that's OK.

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                #8
                Re: Run without waiting

                since New Year, each time I attempt typing a reply to a thread it gets garbyled up!
                I think that maybe G simply forgot that the New Year celebration is only supposed to last one day and not to continue on indefinitely!! :D :p :D
                Mike
                __________________________________________
                It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
                It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
                Henry David Thoreau
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