Re: Multiple instances of applications

Dr. Rob Miller (rmiller@junior.uwc.ac.za)
Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:23:08 +0200 (USAST)

>
> >> There is a setting in the GEOS.INI that is supposed to
> >> allow me to run multiple instances of an application; the
> >> document said that (operating from memory) 0 was the
> >> standard setting, 1 did something, 2 asked if you wanted to
> >> create a new instance, and 3 created a new instance without
> >> asking.
....
>
> I don't want to incur the latency of switching from one document to
> the other; it's very slow to do so. (This is what I'm doing now)
> I want to run 2 different instances of the notepad application; I
> essentially want to run notepad TWICE. I would load my work file into
> one, and my home file into the other. Context switches from one
> application to another are *much* quicker than save and reload from
> within the notebook application.
>

Hi Scott,

I can't tell you why this doesn't work on yours, but it did seem to on
my zoomer - I avoided it as multiple instances of my address book or
quicken were not so useful (file update conflicts) ! All I can suggest is
to try it in combination with the other `expert mode' settings, and it
sounds like you have the same list of geos.ini settings that I was playing
with.

I don't remember if I had the mode working where it would ask if you
wanted to start up another instance, but I definitely had it giving
me choices of multiple instances in the menu.

so keep trying (?)

good luck,

rob.

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