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Pelles C => Feature requests => Topic started by: RJP Computing on October 04, 2005, 07:08:48 PM

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: RJP Computing on October 04, 2005, 07:08:48 PM

It is really helpful to have 2 or more ide's open so that I can debug two applications at the same time. I really needed to do this for proper dll debugging and a client / server app I am working on.

It would be perfect if double clicking a workspace would be what opened a new instance of the IDE and just a file would go into the ide that is already open, if there is one.

Thanks

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: Pelle on October 04, 2005, 10:35:23 PM

I added a /x option to POIDE in v4.0 final - it allows you to bypass the single instance check (use with caution).

The workspace thing can probably be handled best by an add-in.

Pelle

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: TimoVJL on October 04, 2005, 10:50:33 PM

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It would be perfect if double clicking a workspace would be what opened a new instance of the IDE

Try this with new POIDE 4.0

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PellesCWorkspaceFile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\PellesC\\bin\\poide.exe\" /x \"%1\""

It may work

EDIT 2005-10-06
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PellesCProjectFile\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\PellesC\\bin\\poide.exe\" /x \"%1\""

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After that, this Add-In opens project from project menu with ShellExecute()

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: tiwag on October 05, 2005, 07:19:38 AM

Quote from: "Pelle"

I added a /x option to POIDE in v4.0 final - it allows you to bypass the single instance check (use with caution)...

what's the dangerous thing with using multiple instances ?

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: RJP Computing on October 05, 2005, 02:20:49 PM

Quote from: "Pelle"

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The workspace thing can probably be handled best by an add-in.
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Can you give a quick outline of what you are thinking. I would love to try and write one. I am just not sure the steps or facilities of the add-in SDK that would help in such a case.

Thanks.

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: JohnF on October 05, 2005, 04:08:45 PM

You can use this to start extra instances

D:\PellesC\Bin\poide.exe /x

John

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: Pelle on October 05, 2005, 06:23:55 PM

Quote from: "tiwag"

what's the dangerous thing with using multiple instances ?

Synchronization - when opening the same project in more than one instance and making changes to the same project file, for example.

Pelle

Title: Allow more than 1 instance of poide
Post by: Pelle on October 05, 2005, 06:33:09 PM

Quote from: "RJP Computing"

Can you give a quick outline of what you are thinking. I would love to try and write one. I am just not sure the steps or facilities of the add-in SDK that would help in such a case.

For example: start from the HexView add-in sample, replace AddIn_OpenDocument() with a call to CreateProcess for POIDE using the /x option, probably the /n option, and any filename. You start through the context menu, not a double-click, but maybe enough.

Note that pcvData will be NULL for the project target (xyz.EXE, xyz.DLL) in source file view - this works best from the target file view in the project tree (use button over the project tree...).

Pelle