enabling of timeout in Open Application

[labmaster]

I would like to control B.exe from A.exe through Open Application in the same computer (localhost).

I expect some delay time in A.exe to prepare B.exe for 60 sec (default timeout) but it took only a few seconds.

Under this situation, a user should take care of the sequence or timing of executing applications not to have a connection error.

I suspected to open the network port before executing Open Application but same result after clean booting of computer.

*)This problem was shown in LabVIEW environment, too.

How can I enable the timeout (60 sec)?

labmaster.

[GerdW]

Hi labmaster,

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@labmaster wrote:

I expect some delay time in A.exe to prepare B.exe for 60 sec (default timeout) but it took only a few seconds.

How can I enable the timeout (60 sec)?

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Why do you expect "some delay time in A.exe"?

Why do you expect a default timeout of 60s?

What exactly took only a few seconds?

Where did you set a timeout?

Why don't you show some (simplified) code example?

[labmaster]

Thanks for your questions.

The error I met came from Open VI Reference.vi not Open Application.vi.

If I didn't prepare B.exe, why didn't Open Application.vi show an error? (useless setting of timeout)

and How to escape the error from Open VI Reference practically? I mean waiting for preparation of B.exe.

labmaster.

Why do you expect "some delay time in A.exe"?

-> Both applications should be launched to communicate each other. But there could be a delay for launching applications.

Why do you expect a default timeout of 60s?

-> The default value of timeout in Open Application is 60 s. The same eror even for inifinity timeout (-1).

What exactly took only a few seconds?

-> There was an error after a few seconds in executing Open Application.vi in A.exe (before launching B.exe).

In previous experience with TCP/IP communication, a code wait for timeout rightly.

Where did you set a timeout?

-> Timeout of open application.vi

Why don't you show some (simplified) code example?

-> see the attachment which a part of A.exe.