starting and stopping vi's programatically

[Kasey]

Is it possible to stop a vi and restart it from within that vi or from another program?  I found a command that stops the current vi, but nothing to start a vi.  Is that possible?

Thank you.
Kasey

[altenbach]

This is really the wrong question. The start button is for use in developing a VI.

Once the VI is ready to be used, you should have it always running. Set ot to run when opened, and enclose your code in a big while loop waiting for user input or doing whatever it is supposed to do until you are done using the program. (When was the last time you had a need to stop and restart MS word?)