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How to tell if Microsoft Outlook is running?

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From

22/07/2002 13:17:09

Tamar Granor
Tomorrow's Solutions, Llc
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States

To

21/07/2002 22:16:23

Alex Luyando
J.C.N. Associates, L.L.C.
Manalapan, New Jersey, United States

General information

Forum:

Visual FoxPro

Category:

Windows API functions

Title:

Re: How to tell if Microsoft Outlook is running?

Miscellaneous

Thread ID:

00680980

Message ID:

00681242

Views:

26

>Hi all -
>
>I would like to be able to tell--within a VFP 6.0/7.0 application--whether MS Outlook is also running on the user's workstation. If Outlook is NOT running, I would like to start it.
>
>What is the best way to accomplish this?
>

Unlike the other Office applications, when you issue CreateObject("Outlook.Application"), it attaches to a running instance, if there is one, and starts a new one otherwise.

Tamar

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