thank you for the quick answer.
On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Grassel Guido NRC/Hki wrote:
> The standard does not disallow it, so why not do it?
After reading [10.4/Launch Action] I think that it is disallowed. See the
Provisions of Use for this action:
"The Target Object shall be a non-available Application Object".
I think that clearly forbids a Launch to the current running application.
I just am a little confused whether this is true for the "Spawn" action, too.
> Andreas, any negative experience you made with your implementation?
Yep, I just encountered an MHEG-5 application which Spawns itself. This
started the confusion on our side.
> Actually Re-Launch-ing the current active application is a very simple way
> to allow an application to re-set itself, useful isn't it?!
I think this is a very expensive way to reset some states in an Application.
But, if it is really necessary you can do it by Launching a pseudo
Application which OnStartup Launches the old application.
> An application calling itself recursicvely is probably a bit strange, anyone
> an idea where this could be useful?
No, I don't think that it's useful this might break the application stack.
Best regards,
Andreas
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