>Hi All,
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>I have a startup program in a .EXE "Myprogram.exe", that once running I would like to find out from the server/client to see if it is already running. If so, in the startup procedure of "Myprogram" I will display a message to the user telling them that a copy of the program is already running, and close it down.
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>Is there a way to communication to the server/client PC with some sort of API parameter that I can call from the program, so I can tell the user that it's running?
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>In thanks advance, and well appreciated.
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Craig,

The most typical way this is supposed to be handle is by creating a mutex. I wrote an article for FoxPro Advisor a couple of years ago on this topic. The article is available on-line at the site. Just do a search on my name.

IMO, though, my late friend Ed Rauh, came up with a simpler and more elegant method by creating an event. It's available here in either the downloads or FAQs.