Is application running?

31 Oct 2006 5:56 PM

TClancey

Hi again, hopefully the last question for the damned application!

I have one application that needs to load another, this may happen everytime
the first app is started, or it may happen randomly.

If the second app is not open my first app needs to open it. If the second
app is running I can simply leave things alone.

I can find loads of examples for 'PrevInstance' but I can't find anything
for checking the Task Manager list to see if the second app is already
there.

Any deas?

Cheers,
Tull.

31 Oct 2006 6:24 PM

Tim Patrick

Try the "Process.GetProcesses()" or "Process.GetProcessesByName()" methods.

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Tim Patrick
Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005

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> Hi again, hopefully the last question for the damned application!
>
> I have one application that needs to load another, this may happen
> everytime the first app is started, or it may happen randomly.
>
> If the second app is not open my first app needs to open it. If the
> second app is running I can simply leave things alone.
>
> I can find loads of examples for 'PrevInstance' but I can't find
> anything for checking the Task Manager list to see if the second app
> is already there.
>
> Any deas?
>
> Cheers,
> Tull.

31 Oct 2006 6:49 PM

Miro

To give the same example...this will search to see if notepad is running and
kill it.
But instead of the kill you can do ur code,

This should get you started.

        'Where textbox1.text = "NOTEPAD"   not NOTEPAD.EXE
        Dim myProcesses() As Process
        Dim myProcess As Process

        myProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName(Trim(TextBox1.Text))
        For Each myProcess In myProcesses
            myProcess.Kill()
        Next

Miro

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"Tim Patrick" <inva***@invalid.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Try the "Process.GetProcesses()" or "Process.GetProcessesByName()"
> methods.
>
> -----
> Tim Patrick
> Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005
>
>> Hi again, hopefully the last question for the damned application!
>>
>> I have one application that needs to load another, this may happen
>> everytime the first app is started, or it may happen randomly.
>>
>> If the second app is not open my first app needs to open it. If the
>> second app is running I can simply leave things alone.
>>
>> I can find loads of examples for 'PrevInstance' but I can't find
>> anything for checking the Task Manager list to see if the second app
>> is already there.
>>
>> Any deas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tull.
>
>

2 Nov 2006 10:26 AM

TClancey

Thanks to all!

Cheers,
Tull.

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"TClancey" <t***@idcodeware.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi again, hopefully the last question for the damned application!
>
> I have one application that needs to load another, this may happen
> everytime the first app is started, or it may happen randomly.
>
> If the second app is not open my first app needs to open it. If the
> second app is running I can simply leave things alone.
>
> I can find loads of examples for 'PrevInstance' but I can't find anything
> for checking the Task Manager list to see if the second app is already
> there.
>
> Any deas?
>
> Cheers,
> Tull.
>