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How do I determine if another program is running?
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00300287
Message ID:
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>I have a need to determine if a program is already running when I start VFP.
>The program is a small routine that normally sits in the system tray.
>(There is no window unless you are configuring it, so I can look for the window title.)

Did you mean to say "so I can't look for the window title"?

>How can I determine if it is active, i.e. running, from withing VFP?

You can find other running programs by looking for their window title. Items in the system tray _seem_ to.

See "My application already running?" Thread #289903 From 1999/11/10
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