[fpc-devel] simpleipc issues

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2015, Ondrej Pokorny wrote:

> On 29.09.2015 15:35, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> 
>> 1. Using a LCL component means that you must instantiate a form/datamodule 
>> first.
>>    By that time, a database connection may already have been made (just
>>    to name something), which is exactly what you want to avoid.
>>
>>    The check for single instance should be done before the first form is 
>> created.
>> 
>> 2. Then it is only available in visually designed applications.
>>    Services, website servers and custom console apps are non-visual.
>>    I am specificially thinking FastCGI processes.
>> 
> Actually, you could create the LCL component manually in the LPR and use it 
> non-visually before any code is run (except initialization sections). The 
> visual component could be only for the hobbyists.
>
> So for me both CustApp or LCL component are OK. You decide :)

Both are OK. Use of one does not exclude use of the other.

I was going to add it in CustApp anyway as soon as I had looked at your implementation.

Michael.