Help with Checking Previous Instance (.NET Compact Framework 2.0) 1

[zarkon4]

I ran across the following code to check for a previous instance of my app running.

Private Function PrevInstance() As Boolean
If UBound(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName)) > 0 Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function

Problem is that the GetProcessesByName is not available in
the compact framework.
I have a user that likes to hit the icon with the stylus twice (double-clicking so to speak) and two instances of it
then are running.
I am looking for a way to keep multiple instances from running.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Chrissie had a great trick for this in the 1.1 framework, it may work in CF2. He's on Belgium time though.

-Rick

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[ca8msm]

I thought the compact framework already handled it for you (i.e it only allowed a single instance)?


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[zarkon4]

Thats what I thought as well, but somehow the user is getting 2 instances.

 

[ca8msm]

Hmmm strange. I just found this article that seemed to back up my thoughts:

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/doc/detectprevinstance.aspx

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[chrissie1]

I haven't done this in a while and I deleted my code that did just that since the second framework (or is this the third) does it all by itself. And I don't use the CF since I like the asp.net way better. But CF will always be troublesome. Still I can remeber the days we had 16Mb and run windows on it version 200BC.

Christiaan Baes
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[zarkon4]

CF 2 is supposed to keep it from happening. I have been
playing with it and I can't seem to get multiple instances, but the user was getting them. I can't seem to duplicate it.
I think I'm chalking this up as a user malfunction.

Thanks everyone.