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Open new instance always
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 14:47
by Adequat
In 7.0, the option "Open new instance always" is always active, even if the option is unchecked in the preferences.
Re: Open new instance always
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 21:40
by admin
Adequat wrote:In 7.0, the option "Open new instance always" is always active, even if the option is unchecked in the preferences.
Funny: there was indeed a bug here, but the opposite one! "Open new instance always" was
never active. Fixed that one.
What you think is a bug is actually a misunderstanding: XYplorer only reuses any previous instance if it is called with command line parameters, and if "Open new instance always" is off.
A simple run of a second instance will always open a second instance.
I admit that "Open new instance always" is misleadingly termed. I open for ideas...
Re: Open new instance always
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 22:04
by jacky
admin wrote:I admit that "Open new instance always" is misleadingly termed. I open for ideas...
Never use old instances ?
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 23:12
by j_c_hallgren
"Reuse session on command line invocation"?
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 08:07
by admin
j_c_hallgren wrote:"Reuse session on command line invocation"?
I just saw that I wisely had added a tooltip to the checkbox, which is already a bit better than the checkbox caption.
The crucial condition is: if the commandline contains a
startpath then any previous instance is reused if "Open new instance always" is OFF.
So I would change the tooltip to:
"Uncheck to re-use an already running previous instance if the new instance is called with a startpath in the commandline."
Okay?
Posted: 11 May 2008 00:35
by Adequat
Still does not work in 7.10...
Posted: 11 May 2008 08:14
by admin
Adequat wrote:Still does not work in 7.10...
What does not work?
Posted: 14 May 2008 17:49
by Adequat
Several instances of XYplorer can be running in parallel. I wish, when launching XYplorer and an instance is already running, to have this version activated rather than creating a new instance. This used to work in the past.
Posted: 15 May 2008 12:02
by admin
Adequat wrote:Several instances of XYplorer can be running in parallel. I wish, when launching XYplorer and an instance is already running, to have this version activated rather than creating a new instance. This used to work in the past.
Hmm, I don't think this ever worked in the past. XYplorer/TrackerV3 has always been multi-instance. Only some years ago I added the option to reuse the current instance when XY was started with a startpath in the command line.