> If you're talking about having
>> one instance send an event to another instance,

Yes, that is what I wanted to do. Thank you for your reply, at least I 
don't waste a week trying to do something that is not possible.


Peter

On 01/13/2018 06:19 PM, Tom Krieg wrote:
> You can share data via tables or the registry between the two instances
> but you can't share global variables in libraries because the libraries
> are only "global" within each instance. If you're talking about having
> one instance send an event to another instance, you can't do that (not
> that I know of). I've overcome this limitation by having a timer in my
> startup form that checks a table every, say, 5 seconds, and picks up
> instructions from the table to perform certain tasks. The instructions
> are written by Paradox instances when something needs to be started or
> done in another instance.
>
> Peter wrote:
>> I have two instances of Paradox, ie, they have different private
>> directories.
>>
>> Is it possible for one instance to open a form and/or send commands to
>> or otherwise communicate with the other instance?
>>
>> Thank you for any help.
>>
>>
>> Peter