10-16-2023, 11:56 PM
(10-16-2023, 10:41 PM)SMcNeill Wrote:(10-16-2023, 10:18 PM)mnrvovrfc Wrote:(10-16-2023, 07:16 PM)bplus Wrote: With MS, you'd have access to all the intimate details the other open screen has going on ie sharing data.
Well certainly a monster of a programming task!
Or create QB64 apps capable of sharing it's internals with other QB64 apps, that sounds easier.
JDJ is trying to demonstrate it right now in the topic he has open now. But it uses the clipboard to communicate among the three programs involved. So no good except for Windows. Instead of using the clipboard, use filenames and check for their existence. Even if a file has to be created with zero length. It takes a bit more effort, and a bit more wear and tear on the disk but it's the only good method without the clipboard.
Also in case a program of that type is expanded which must use the clipboard, what is going to be done about it to alert another program in the suite?
Why not just open a TCP/IP channel as LocalHost and then zap it to yourself?
Just did the file communication option. Only one of the programs in the set is communicating to the others at any given time so it works fine and dandy.