launching a vrjuggler program from a running vrjuggler program

[Simon Su]

Hello,

Is there a way to launch another vrjuggler program by clicking a menu/icon in a running vrjuggler application? I would like to create a VR interface that will load up different vrjuggler applications.

If this is possible, conceptually, how would it be done?

thanks
-simon

[Carolina Cruz-Neira]

Simon,
You can do that with the kernel calls about staying an app. I will let the techies send you the details.

How are things going fir you? Send me a private email with an update, will like to hear from you

Carolina

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[Ryan Pavlik]

As far as I know, you have to have the other app linked in/otherwise available to get a pointer to the app object, then you tell the kernel "setCurrentApplication" to the new app. Note that this is like an "exec" - doesn't return when the other app exits.  Note this is also in theory - I've never tried it - but the stuff should be expected to somewhat work, given that switching to a NULL application is how a clean shutdown is performed, and I've done those.

Ryan

[Simon Su]

thanks Ryan

-simon

-simon

[Carolina Cruz-Neira]

That's they way to do it. It does work, we use it in our lab.

[Simon Su]

thanks for the confirmation Carolina... I will give it a try...

best

-simon

-simon