>>>>Is there a way to prevent users from having 2 instances of a foxpro app running at the same time.
>>>>thanks.
>>>
>>>Hi Timothy,
>>>In last November's FoxPro Advisor I wrote an article on how to do this. Check out: Create Single-Instance Applications on their site.
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>>I will check it out George, I did send you an email concerning is_run32 however.
>>Should I diregard that function?
>
>Hi Timothy,
>
>If you sent the email by clicking on my envelope, it went to my house and I won't get it until this evening.
>
>AFAIK, there shouldn't be a problem with it. I still use it and it works fine. May I ask why you're asking?

Well, I was wondering the exact syntax of using is_run32.
In the mutex example, I am not sure to use the different functions you've listed.