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Re: xPL-Issue



There's another problem with the mutex.  If the first V3 hub is created
by a service, then any application that includes a V3 hub can't get the
mutex because of Windows security issues - only other services can
obtain the mutex and act as hub.

Mal


Gerry Duprey wrote:

>
>
> As for the mutex thing -- could someone summarize why that is done vs.
> just
> using a "port detection" scheme (i.e. see if anything is
using the xPL
> main
> port and if not, start and hub and if so, use the hub).  The mutex is
> going
> to be much more O/S dependent and for those of us creating
multi-platform
> xPL stuff, it's generally inaccessible (whereas the port in use
detection
> seems to work everywhere as far as my testing has shown thus far).
>




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