>On DOS/W32 the easiest wrapper is a batch file
>with a ERRORLEVEL conditional goto after the
>test program to jump aruond the application to
>be run if the test failed.
>On NT you would use shell scripting I think.

I do not think this will work as it sounds like the app is being started as
a service, and not waiting for someone to login.

If it is being started as a service, I think there is a way to determine the
order of starting, but have never gone digging into this. It may be
necessary to have a time delay or retry built into the app as others
suggest, as it sounds like you have a race condition occurring between the
app and the drivers it relies on.

Another solution may be to have the app start at a real low priority level,
and retry on the dependencies, and then once the link is made push its own
priority level up to something suitable - just a thought, again not
something I have tried.

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