From: Junkone <junkone1@...>
Date: 2007-12-22T09:50:00+09:00
Subject: Re: starting multiple processes

On Dec 21, 2:55 pm, Joel VanderWerf <vj...@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
> > 2007/12/20, Joel VanderWerf <vj...@path.berkeley.edu>:
> >> 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
>
> > Wouldn't help.  This is #exec and not #system - the process does not
> > wait, it is completely replaced and "application =
> > WIN32OLE.new("Broker.Application")" is never executed.
>
> Oops, you're quite right, I was thinking of #system.
>
> Maybe #system would be right for the OP:
>
>    Thread.new do
>      system("...")
>    end
>
>    application = ..
>
> This is AFAIK platform independent, since it doesn't (explicitly,
> anyway) use #fork or "start".
>
> --
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i tried that. it does not work for me. it waits
   Thread.new do
                   system("start E:\\TradingTools\\IBController\
\IBControllerStart_customised.bat")
    end
to get completed before going and doing this
application = WIN32OLE.new("Broker.Application")