From: hsteve@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: interface to access separate appl.
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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In article <9304121644.AA27256@expo.lcs.mit.edu> DBOHDAL@JAGUAR.ESS.HARRIS.COM writes:
<Dear Xperts:
<
<   Here's my problem:  I am designing several related X 
<applications (each one is a separate executable) and  I'd like 
<to build a single control window that would allow the user to 
<access each application (instead of having to locate the correct
<icon). The Control Window would contain a button for each 
<application and by pressing it, the application's main window
<would appear.  I would also like to use the application's button
<as a color status indicator.  Has anyone done this or have any
<good ideas??  Because these are all separate executables this
<seems like a communications nightmare to me, but maybe I'm
<wrong.  I'd appreciate any ideas! I'm using X11R5 and Motif 1.2.1.
<
<Thanks,
<dbohdal@jaguar.ess.harris.com

I can think of two different methods that you could try. 1) use fork and 
execv 2) use the "system" called in your program.  I'm assuming that you're
running under the Unix OS of course.

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