DECterm needs to not show up unless tool has exited abnormally to show error messages

[Kenneth Toler]

I have a tool that opens a DECterm that is in the way, unless the tool terminates abnormally.

The reason for the DECterm is that it is there to report any error that occured from a previous abnormal exit.

Currently, the DECterm stays open with nothing in it. If I choose File--> Exit, then the tool that I am working with aborts.

If the tool does not exit/close abnormally, when I open the tool I would like to not see the DECterm at all. The only time I would want to see this DECterm is when the tool exits abnormally.

Can this be done using error handling?

If so, how would I implement?

If not, is there another way to accomplish this task?

[Wim Van den Wyngaert · Accepted solution]

It depends.

In the tool startup, you could first start a process X. After normal termination you stop the process (e.g. by name).

The process X simply watches the tool process every seconds and when the process is gone, you create a decterm/detach.

Wim