MySQL Bugs: #56067: MWB file shelling

Bug #56067	MWB file shelling
Submitted:	17 Aug 2010 20:21	Modified:	13 Dec 2010 15:15
Reporter:	Jeremy Lambert	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	5.2.26	OS:	Windows (x86 7 Ultimate)
Assigned to:	Mike Lischke	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	MWB files, shelling, single process

Description:
When double-clicking to open an MWB file in Workbench, if an instance of Workbench is already open, a second Workbench process is shelled instead of just opening the new file in a new tab.  Functionality from File->Open Model just opens a new tab.  This is ideal.

How to repeat:
Open Workbench, start any project, minimize, double click on MWB project file.  A second process is spawned.

Suggested fix:
Unify functionality by just opening a new tab in the current process when an MWB file is double-clicked.

Bug #57878 was marked as duplicate of this one

Fixed in repository.

fix confirmed in repository.

An entry has been added to the 5.2.31 changelog:

If a MWB file was double-clicked to open, but MySQL Workbench was already running, a new instance of MySQL Workbench was launched, rather than opening the file in a new tab in the currently running instance.

Ok, this is great when working with one file, but how to open more than one model file now? before it could be done be opening another instance of Workbench, but now it always ask to close currently opened model file in the running instance and its not possible to open another one.