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Determining If a VB EXE Is Running
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25/10/2006 14:14:40
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01164478
Message ID:
01164489
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Ha ha ha! I just added that at the last minute for him... :o) Which by the way, Marcia had another option she posted a couple of years ago to do the same thing:
*--Courtesy Marcia Atkins, Universal Thread
? isapprunning('NotePad')

FUNCTION isapprunning
LPARAMETERS tcAppName
*** This function uses the creation of a named MUTEX to determine whether
*** or not the application is already running. This function should be called
*** near the top of the application's main program to create a named object 
*** that can be checked every time the application is started.  If the named 
*** object exists, the function will try to activate the FoxPro running application.

LOCAL lcMsg, lnAttributes, lnOwner, lcName, lnMutexHandle, lnhWnd, lnRelationship, lnStyle, llRetVal
LOCAL lcAppName

lcMsg = ''
SET ASSERTS ON
IF EMPTY( NVL( tcAppName, '' ) )
  TEXT TO lcMsg NOSHOW 
    This is another Brain Dead Programmer Error.
    You must pass the name of an application to FirstTime().
    Have a nice day now...
  ENDTEXT
  ASSERT .F. MESSAGE lcMsg
  RETURN 
ENDIF

lcAppName = UPPER( ALLTRIM( tcAppName ) ) + CHR( 0 )

*** Declare just API functions and constants
#DEFINE SW_MAXIMIZE              3
#DEFINE ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS   183
#DEFINE GW_HWNDNEXT              2
#DEFINE GW_CHILD                 5

DECLARE INTEGER CreateMutex IN WIN32API INTEGER lnAttributes, INTEGER lnOwner, STRING @lcName
DECLARE INTEGER GetProp IN WIN32API INTEGER lnhWnd, STRING @lcName
DECLARE INTEGER SetProp IN WIN32API INTEGER lnhWnd, STRING @lcNam, INTEGER lnValue
DECLARE INTEGER CloseHandle IN WIN32API INTEGER lnMutexHandle
DECLARE INTEGER GetLastError IN WIN32API 
DECLARE INTEGER GetWindow IN USER32 INTEGER lnhWnd, INTEGER lnRelationship
DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN WIN32API 
DECLARE BringWindowToTop IN Win32APi INTEGER lnhWnd
DECLARE ShowWindow IN WIN32API INTEGER lnhWnd, INTEGER lnStyle

*** Try and create a new MUTEX with the name of the passed application
lnMutexHandle = CreateMutex( 0, 1, @lcAppName )

*** If the named MUTEX creation fails because it exists already, try to display
*** the existing application 
IF GetLastError() = ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS

  *** Get the hWnd of the first top level window on the Windows Desktop.
  lnhWnd = GetWindow( GetDesktopWindow(), GW_CHILD )

  *** Loop through the windows. 
  DO WHILE lnhWnd > 0

     *** Is this the one that we are looking for?
     *** Look for the property we added the first time
     *** we launched the application
     IF GetProp( lnhWnd, @lcAppName ) = 1
       *** Activate the app and exit stage left
       BringWindowToTop( lnhWnd )
       ShowWindow( lnhWnd, SW_MAXIMIZE )
       EXIT
     ENDIF
     lnhWnd = GetWindow( lnhWnd, GW_HWNDNEXT )
  ENDDO

  *** Close the 'failed to open' MUTEX handle
  CloseHandle( lnMutexHandle )
ELSE
  *** Add a property to the FoxPro App so we can identify it again
  SetProp( _vfp.Hwnd, @lcAppName, 1)
  llRetVal = .T.
ENDIF

RETURN llRetVal
>>=MESSAGEBOX('Press anykey to browse all running processes...')
>
>There is no "ANY" key on my keyboard :-))
>BTW you could only press Esc, Space or Enter
.·*´¨)
.·`TCH
(..·*

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