Command line arguments from background

[mjcoon]

I have no problem with accessing command line arguments via the args() built-in array.

But I can call Google Maps, say, multiple times while it is running in the background and it gets fresh command line arguments (to interpret a different KML file) each time.

With a Basic4PPC program "X.exe" running in the background, performing a Shell("X.exe", "argument") in another program brings it to the foreground, but does not give it a fresh set of command line arguments.

How can I emulate whatever it is that Google Maps is doing?

Mike.

 

[agraham]

If by "call Google Maps" you mean using Shell then I guess it must be starting a second instance, posting the args to the first instance and then terminating the second instance.

You can't access this merchanism in a Compact Framework app which only allows a single instance to exist. If you start it using a Process object from my Threading library you can always close and then restart it with another set of args.