From: Remy Lebeau on

"Ben" <benm5678(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 12, 10:16 pm, "Remy Lebeau" <no.s...(a)no.spam.com> wrote:

> I'd do it the other way, of launching the process in the user context (via
> Run key)

It is already running at user login.

> and then using IPC to trigger it to popup a dialog...

Normally, I would agree, but in my particular situation, that it not an
option in my service's current design.

> just thought it's more prone to problems, like user killing the process.

That is fine for me. My service is not dependant on the tray app remaining
running. The service executes the tray app executable when needed, and
internally it determines if it is already running, and if so then passes the
new command-line data to the previous instance for handling.

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB)