I want to use a button to restart my software

shuai_gu · August 23, 2016, 2:31am

I want to use a button to restart my windows software. What should I do?

Wayne_Golding · August 23, 2016, 2:56am

#If Not DebugBuild App.ExecutableFile.Launch Quit #endif

This will launch a second copy of your application and quit the current one.

It won’t run correctly when using the debug article because the launched article can’t connect back to the debugger.

Whilst it will work on Windows I don’t believe it is xPlat.

Michel_Bujardet · August 23, 2016, 5:08am

Chances are this won’t work on Mac, because two instances cannot be launched at the same time.

Probably possible in AppleScript.

jim_mckay · August 23, 2016, 5:13am

On Mac, you can use the “open” command in a shell with the -n option to open a new instance.

open -n myapp

An example is in the docs

Joost_Rongen · August 23, 2016, 5:23am

You could launch a small helper-app and then close your app you want to restart. Helper-app can restart you main-app en close itself.

Michel_Bujardet · August 23, 2016, 6:03am

Indeed. But the shell option with Open seems simple enough.

Wayne_Golding · August 23, 2016, 6:29am

The OP did say “Windows software”, my warning was just so the rest of you didn’t expect it to work.

Emile_Schwarz · August 23, 2016, 9:49am

Wrong. And read Wayne comment above.

Michel_Bujardet · August 23, 2016, 10:04am

Did I hear an echo ?

Emile_Schwarz · August 23, 2016, 10:57am

Yes, I can run multiple instances of my application.