Open file in existing instance of PL/SQL Developer

[Calin M]

Hi,

Is it possible to open a file from the command line in an existing running instance of plsql developer? If not from the command line, is there a programmatic way of doing it, could I write a program to send a message to the existing instance of PLSQL Developer to open a certain file?

One reason I want to do it is because my PL/SQL Developer is quite slow to start, even though I have no plugins and a pretty solid computer.

Thanks!

Calin

 

[Marco Kalter]

From the command-line you would need to pass a DDE command to the running PL/SQL Developer instance: open("filename.sql"). You can perhaps use PowerShell for this, to first find the plsqldev.exe process, and then pass the DDE command.