Re: [Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-03 Thread Kristina Ambert
Hey guys, Yes, I figure that there are changes that need to be done in the main application to fit the needs of my application. Like what some of you guys suggested, I have looked into having the main application use a database to feed the information that I'll need. Right now that I guess is the

Re: [Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-02 Thread ALAN GAULD
Not in general. Variables change too quickly for that to be viable - think >>about a loop counter in a while loop, it could change millions of times per second! >> >> >Could you not use an observer pattern here to do that? > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern > You could but the d

Re: [Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-02 Thread bob gailer
Kristina Ambert wrote: Hi, Thanks for the responses guys. I'll clear up my question a bit more maybe, the application which data I'm accessing doesn't store it's information in a database, it only stores it in the application at runtime. I did think to ask to have a module send the data to my

Re: [Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-02 Thread Kristina Ambert
Hi, Thanks for the responses guys. I'll clear up my question a bit more maybe, the application which data I'm accessing doesn't store it's information in a database, it only stores it in the application at runtime. I did think to ask to have a module send the data to my application like what you g

Re: [Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-02 Thread Alan Gauld
"Kristina Ambert" wrote The question might be a tad confusing, but what I want to ask is, if it's possible to track if and when a variable in an application has changed, and then grab the new content of that variable? Not in general. Variables change too quickly for that to be viable - thi

Re: [Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-01 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 9/1/2009 12:51 PM Kristina Ambert said... Hi again, The question might be a tad confusing, but what I want to ask is, if it's possible to track if and when a variable in an application has changed, and then grab the new content of that variable? So, you want to be notified when a field in

[Tutor] Tracking variable changes in a different application

2009-09-01 Thread Kristina Ambert
Hi again, The question might be a tad confusing, but what I want to ask is, if it's possible to track if and when a variable in an application has changed, and then grab the new content of that variable? I have my product inventory database application which is attached to another bigger applicati