dr watson problem

[RandyRiegel]

My client has a NT4 server in which a few programs I've written runs constantly. I also have a "watchdog" application that monitors the other applications to keep them running all the time. If something happens one of the apps ends the "watchdog" will restart it. The problem is with one of these apps every once in a while (months between) I'll get a Dr.Watson error which does not allow my application to restart because Dr.Watson is waiting for me to press "OK". Is there anyway to stop this from happening. I would like to be notitified about the error somehow but the Dr. Watson message box keeps the failed application open until I click "OK" so my watchdog app thinks it's still running.

Randy

 

[SPV]

Can't your watchdog app also look for Dr Watson and kill it when it appears? A bit brutal but it would probably work.

 

[RandyRiegel]

I thought of that, I can just send a <ENTER> keystroke to it to make it disappear but was hoping for a cleaner solution. Right now I think it is my only choice though, thanks for your input.

Randy