>>I have a VFP 3.0 EXE that runs fine, . . but. . . I only want users to run the program once. Is there some way that a VFP EXE, lets say "Prog.exe", can conditionally determine at launch-time if "Prog.exe" is already running ?
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>>TIA
>Hi Jamie,
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>There are a number of ways to do this. There is a method available in the files section that uses DDE (by Vald Tatavu). If you're running under 32 bit Windows, I wrote an article that appeared in the November issue of FoxPro Advisor. The article and code are available on-line at www.advisor.com. The URL is: http://www.advisor.com/wArticle.nsf/wPages/FA9811.TASKG05
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>hth,

George, . . . you RULE !!!
Wonderful article from FP Advisor. Thanks for the prompt reply!