Vlad,

I tried adding STRTOFILE commands in the COM's Init method. No files were created after compilation. Does this mean the COM object was not instantiated?

TIA

Rex

>Hi!
>
>Try to open its DLL or EXE exclusively, something like FOPEN('...MyCOMObjectModule.DLL',12). This wa
>If successful, you can be sure it is not used.
>
>As about running its code (working by taking the processir time) - cannot tell anything. Probably you can do that using API functions, but better to maintain some sort of flag in each function of the COM object. If flag is set, the object is running. Stroer also the time when flag is created to avoid situation with power off or crashes.
>
>HTH.
>
>>All,
>>
>>I have a COM object that should be running on my machine. How can I tell if this is the case?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Rex