[squeak-dev] Windows VM update (IPv6; single instance)

Juan Vuletich juan at jvuletich.org
Sat Mar 28 12:19:01 UTC 2009


Andreas Raab wrote:
> Folks -
>
> I just finished another Windows VM update with two major new features:
>
> 1) Support for IPv6 (contributed by Michael Rueger). This hasn't been 
> widely tested, so feedback and improvements are welcome. You'll need 
> additional Socket code which is posted here:
>
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2009-March/002458.html
>
> 2) Support for running only a single instance of the VM for 
> application deployment. The behavior is similar to the Mac: When the 
> app is launched a second time, the first instance will be activated. 
> Moreover, if the app was launched by double-clicking a file associated 
> with the app, it will be delivered via a simulated drop event (this is 
> consistent with the Mac VM). The feature is controlled by two .ini 
> file settings (see http://squeakvm.org/win32/settings.html):
>
> * RunSingleApp: When non-zero, only one instance of the VM will be 
> run. A second attempt to launch the app will cause the first instance 
> to be activated. When double-clicking on a file associated with the 
> VM, the document file will be delivered as drop event to the running 
> instance. This is consistent with the Mac behavior when trying to 
> launch multiple documents with the same VM.
>
> * WindowClassName: The name for the window class to be used by the VM 
> (something like "MyAppMainWindowClass"). The VM will only consider 
> windows with this class name when determining whether the app already 
> runs or not. This allows the VM to disambiguate different applications 
> using the Squeak VM.
>
> As usual, the VM is available here:
>
> http://squeakvm.org/win32/release/SqueakVM-Win32-3.11.2-bin.zip
> http://squeakvm.org/win32/release/SqueakVM-Win32-3.11.2-src.zip
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
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>   
Thanks Andreas! Also thanks to all the 'VM guys'. I used to be on of 
you, in OS/2 days. Your sustained work over the years is crucial for 
Squeak success.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich



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