Check whether application is already running or not

[cknishad123]

HI,

Is it possible for me to check whether an application (say a.exe) is running or not.
Is it possible to have a monitoring program b.exe which does this job.

Thanks in advance

 

[ligang1000]

Put follow coding somewhere in your app startup section:
Appln_handle = OpenChannel ( 'appln','Appln')
IF Appln_handle < 0 then
StartServerDDE('appln','Appln')
ELSE
MessageBox(&quot;Application Already Running .&quot;, &quot; You cannot start it again.&quot
CloseChannel(Appln_handle)
HALT CLOSE
END IF
Have a nice day Best regards
LiGang
U get , U given ..

 

[cknishad123]

HI,

Can you pls tell me what parameter should I give?
I have an executable named &quot;crew.exe&quot;, which appears as &quot;crew.exe&quot; in processes list, but no entry is coming in applications section in task manager.

Thanks in advance
Nishad

 

[ligang1000]

You need not to pass the parameter , just implement the code I gave to you Best regards
LiGang
U get , U given ..

 

[Kuttipulikal]

You can't call StartServerDDE and other DDE functions in an application object's events. So copy this code in your Main windows open event , define Appln_handle as global variable(long). Then only this code will work???
Happy programming
Kuttipulikal