GETEXENAME

Purpose:

Returns the path and name of the executable.

GETEXENAME(type)

type

Optional. An integer, the target path type.

0:	return full path and executable name (default)
1:	return the path component to the executable
2:	return the unique ActiveX automation server name for the running instance
3:	return the process id or PID for the running instance as a string

A string.

getexename

Returns the full path to the executable. The string is similar to:

\program files\dadisp\dadispnt.exe

getexename(2)

Returns the unique ActiveX automation server name for the running instance. The string is similar to:

DADiSP Automation Server:1748

GETEXENAME returns the full pathname of the executable program.

Each running instance of DADiSP registers a unique name so that an ActiveX client can connect to a specific instance. The name is of the form:

DADiSP Automation Server:pid

Where pid is an integer, the process identification number. For example:

DADiSP Automation Server:1748

Identifies the running instance of the automation server with process id 1748.

A simple procedure to connect one running instance of DADiSP with another:

In DADiSP 1:

copydata(getexename(2));

In DADiSP 2:

dadisp1 = getobject(pastedata(3));

Now DADiSP 2 can access DADiSP 1 via the dadisp1 object.