>I would like to stop the load of a second instance of my VFP exe.
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>How to detect this ?
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>Thanks
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>Loïc LESAULNIER
>Action Thésée - 4 rue Saint Pierre - 50200 COUTANCES - FRANCE

you can use the FindWindow API call to tell if that window is already open.
there is also a c program called run ( i think ) in the files section that will basically allow you to do this without waiting for the fox runtimes to load before issuing the api call.