Running two version of software

[Guest]

This is my first post so please be gentle. Is it possible to run two versions of an application through different COM ports without any problems, with the OS being on the same partition. Similarly would it work if there were two partitions and then each copy of the software was run from each individual partition. I have been asked this question by a colleague in my engineering department, who has said that it is impossible and I would like to prove him wrong.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This is my first post so please be gentle. Is it possible to run two

versions of an application through different COM ports without any problems,
with the OS being on the same partition. Similarly would it work if there
were two partitions and then each copy of the software was run from each
individual partition. I have been asked this question by a colleague in my
engineering department, who has said that it is impossible and I would like
to prove him wrong.

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Do you want to run them concurrently, or fire up one, then the other?

 

[Guest]

A Customer has two pieces of lab equipment and he would like to run two units from the same P.C at the same time

----- Pegasus (MVP) wrote: ----

This is my first post so please be gentle. Is it possible to run tw

versions of an application through different COM ports without any problems
with the OS being on the same partition. Similarly would it work if ther
were two partitions and then each copy of the software was run from eac
individual partition. I have been asked this question by a colleague in m
engineering department, who has said that it is impossible and I would lik
to prove him wrong

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Do you want to run them concurrently, or fire up one, then the other

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This depends very much on how your application is written.

- Some applications will tolerate only one instance of themselves
at any one time. Outlook Express is such an application.

- Some applications can be run in several instances but they
share a common set of parameters. Word is one of them.

- Some applications can be run in several instances while
having different parameters. Outlook is one of them. You
can have one instance of Outlook polling POP3 port 110,
and another polling POP3 port 5110.

In other words, I don't think there is a definite answer to your
question without knowing a lot more about your application.

A Customer has two pieces of lab equipment and he would like to run two

units from the same P.C at the same time.