From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-12-20T08:53:03+09:00
Subject: Re: starting multiple processes

Junkone wrote:
> hello
> i have to do the following
> 1.     exec("E:\\TradingTools\\IBController\
> \IBControllerStart_customised.bat")
>  2.     application = WIN32OLE.new("Broker.Application")
> 
> I want to start 1 and then continue doing 2. however when i run it
> realtime, the statement 2 waits for statement 1 to be completed which
> takes long time. how do i initiate 1 and then withotu waiting goto
> statement 2.

Wrap #1 in a thread:

Thread.new do
   exec(...)
end

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