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xGen
xGen

Reputation: 554

Retrieve a running exe and call a function in it

I want to open a form inside my vb6 exe from shell. so first time i loaded the form using command arguments passed to the Main function in the Module. but when i try to open a form next time as the application is already running it doesnt do anything(because it checks for App.PrevInstance and Ends). So how to open a form from the running exe(PrevInstance). can i send a message or function name to the current running app?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 263

Answers (1)

Deanna
Deanna

Reputation: 24303

You can use one of the many forms of IPC to communicate with the running copy. PostMessage() is an option once you have the window handle, as is an ActiveX EXE, DDE, etc.

Upvotes: 2

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