MYK Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Hi This is a bit of a strange request, but does anyone know of any way I can get one runtime to determine if another runtime is running? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 No, not without violating the licence that says: All use of the Runtime and Runtime Solutions must be on a standalone basis only. You are prohibited from using the Runtime with any middleware, application server, CGI, or other software or technology that allows more than a single client to access the Runtime. --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I don't know if executing a shell script to investigate whether another process is running would violate the license you quoted, as this wouldn't allow multiple user access to the runtime. So you could execute a shell script using Send Event, or a plugin like Shell, which would execute the Unix ps -aux command on a Mac, or whatever that is on Windows, then return the results via standard output back into filemaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 (edited) I don't know if executing a shell script to investigate whether another process is running would violate the license you quoted, as this wouldn't allow multiple user access to the runtime. I has been an option with mac os since 9 that you via applescript could deal with applications running on different machines, troi even developed this plugin enabling you to run scripts remotely. I can't be sure here but you have to consider why such a question is raised, if it weren't to do with a homebrewed record locking system, where each workstations runtime exports and imports data in a sort of multiusers system although they can't work at the same time. The import with update is the tricky point in the interpretation of the licensing issues. So I felt the need to warn - that it's liable to cause offence! --sd Edited June 9, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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