Looking For Suggestions

[Chipp Walters]

Scott,

Don't know if this helps but

executing

mem /p

from a dos window will return all running programs.
So, you might be able to run a batch file which prints out the running
programs and check it from there..

-Chipp

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> [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Scott Rossi
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:36 PM
> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Looking For Suggestions
>
>
> I've got a standalone that needs to run on Windows as a single
> instance (no
> multiple instances of the same app).  I'm looking for suggestions
> on how to
> prevent duplicate launches of the same app (the app may also be
> installed in
> more than one location on the same machine).
>
> I'm familiar with the open apps function of the EXT DLL, but I'm trying to
> avoid use of this since it makes my apps unstable.  I've also
> toyed with the
> idea of writing an "app busy" message to the registry or a temp
> file on the
> drive, but I can't figure out how to determine if the app that created the
> message is running
>
> As far as I know, MC has no built-in way to get a list of open processes
> other than those it has already launched.
>
> Searching the Web, I came across this document -- might there be
> some way to
> use the code here via the shell or shell("start"...) function?
>
> http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0007.htm
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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