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 ----- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard