How to address Everything named instance via IPC?

[EricB]

Hi Void,

I'm using Everything 1.4.0.713b as a named instance, which is currently not working correctly with Total Commander. If I test without named instance, the connection is working. What is the best way to address a named instance via IPC?

Comment from TC Author in forum:

I have checked this now - TC doesn't look for Everything window. It checks this:
FindWindow('EVERYTHING_TASKBAR_NOTIFICATION',nil)

This is the window to which the SDK sends commands via WM_COPYDATA and other WM_USER commands. It seems to be named differently when using named instances. I tried without this check, and the Everything SDK was hanging. So apparently the SDK does not handle named instances.

Could you explain the best way to solve this?

Regards, EricB

[void]

Replace ''EVERYTHING_TASKBAR_NOTIFICATION' in FindWindow with:

'EVERYTHING_TASKBAR_NOTIFICATION_(<instance name>)'

Where <instance name> is the instance name. For example if the instance name is: FOO BAR

FindWindow('EVERYTHING_TASKBAR_NOTIFICATION_(FOO BAR)',nil)

The SDK does not handle named instances yet. Hope to update the SDK once Everything 1.4 is stable.

[EricB]

Hi Void,

Thanx for the quick response. Looking forward to the stable 1.4 version!

Regards, EricB