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debmckee Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Joined: Oct 5^th, 2011	command button to another application Apr 30^th, 2013 at 5:26pm	Print Post
	I am trying to put a command button in one application that will open another application. I used the deferredOpen command and it worked.........but only if no one else is in the new application. Then it gives me an error msg that application is in use. Is there another way to do this? What would also be nice if I could specify which form to open in the other application.


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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: command button to another application Reply #1 - Apr 30^th, 2013 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	If you want two copies of Sesame to be able to view the same application files at the same time, you will need to be client/server with a minimum of two client licenses. The other application can use SBasic programming to open any of its forms. Using file I/O may allow the "calling application" to tell the second application which form to open.

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2480 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: command button to another application Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2013 at 2:10pm	Print Post
	Hello Deb, Make sure you are using the same file path in the call for DeferredOpenApplication() that appears at the top of the Sesame window when you open the DB file using File->Open Application. You can get the locked message if a Sesame client opens the file as C:\Sesame2\Data\MyFile.db and the DeferredOpenApplication() is trying to open the file as Q:\MyFile.db -Ray

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debmckee Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Joined: Oct 5^th, 2011	Re: command button to another application Reply #3 - May 2^nd, 2013 at 5:42pm	Print Post
	Hi Ray, This is the command I used: deferredOpenApplication("s:\pacific coast fruit products.db") Now it is giving me msg that data base failed to open.


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Ben Lantica Support Offline Posts: 218 Joined: Apr 7^th, 2005	Re: command button to another application Reply #4 - May 2^nd, 2013 at 8:27pm	Print Post
	Hello Deb, What is the full message you receive? Is it telling you that the file is locked, or that the file is read-only?


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debmckee Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Joined: Oct 5^th, 2011	Re: command button to another application Reply #5 - May 2^nd, 2013 at 10:45pm	Print Post
	tells me that database s:\pacific coast fruit products.db failed to open.


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Ben Lantica Support Offline Posts: 218 Joined: Apr 7^th, 2005	Re: command button to another application Reply #6 - May 3^rd, 2013 at 1:31pm	Print Post
	Okay, in the Sesame window that is already open perform these steps: - Select File>Open Application - Select the Pacific Coast Fruit Products database - If it opens, take note of the file path shown at the top of the Sesame window What is the file path?


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Ben Lantica Support Offline Posts: 218 Joined: Apr 7^th, 2005	Re: command button to another application Reply #7 - May 3^rd, 2013 at 1:38pm	Print Post
	You may also encounter the situation you are in if you are working in a standalone instance of Sesame Designer (not connected as a client to Sesame Server) and try to test the button in Preview Mode. Are you in Sesame or Sesame Designer?


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debmckee Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Joined: Oct 5^th, 2011	Re: command button to another application Reply #8 - May 3^rd, 2013 at 3:04pm	Print Post
	Thanks Ben.....It does work from the program itself. Very very very slow. But it works.


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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: command button to another application Reply #9 - May 3^rd, 2013 at 5:10pm	Print Post
	Unless it is also very very very big, it should not be slow. Can you provide a precise explanation of your setup? Client/Server? Standalone? How large are both application files, dsr/db dat/ddt? How much memory does your system(s) have? Is your network having troubles when you run client/server? If you are running client/server, you should be able to pre-load the application, meaning that switching between the two should be very quick. It will also prevent file locking issues when loading an application someone else has open.

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debmckee Full Member Offline Posts: 123 Joined: Oct 5^th, 2011	Re: command button to another application Reply #10 - May 14^th, 2013 at 4:05pm	Print Post
	One thing I have since realized. It is only MY computer that is very very slow. It never used to be that slow. Everyone else on the network is fine. Something has happened?


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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: command button to another application Reply #11 - May 14^th, 2013 at 8:22pm	Print Post
	[Ray, pull the debmckee flag out! She's on to us! ] Deb, I assume your computer wasn't always the slowest... Does your computer have less memory? Are you running out of disk space? If client/server, is your network card, wire, or router port failing? Do you have significantly different entries in your sesame.ini file? Is your computer overheating? Is your computer being tasked to perform other operations at the same time?

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