From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,8af9e3a438ec928a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: "P Hull" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: process blocking Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:49:13 +1000 Organization: - X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.244.246.241 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.244.246.241 Message-ID: <41400af9$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1094716153 220.244.246.241 (9 Sep 2004 17:49:13 +1000) Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3529 Date: 2004-09-09T17:49:13+10:00 List-Id: Hi, I know this is possible, but how does one go about having a process (p1) siezing control of another process (pMain) such that no other process (p2, p3, .. pn) is able to access pMain? I am guessing you define one channel and maintain access to this channel? I have no idea how to implement such blocking. any help most appreciated thanks peter