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Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ?

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   Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> wrote:

> Let us suppose that program X is running on the desktop.
> If a second copy of X is now launched, I'd like it to know that it is
> the second copy.
> I suspect that there is an easy way of doing this.
> Program X is in BBC BASIC, so any code fragments in that language,
> please.

My tiny utility TaskCheck may help, and is available from:

        http://irene.williams.free.fr/software/tskchk.htm

It's a bit compact, having been designed down to a minimum size, but is
written in BASIC and should be decipherable.

I imagine it could easily be dapted!

John

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As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> - 2011-04-04 00:37 -0700
  Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-04 09:59 +0200
  Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? James Lampard <dontreplytothis@mailinator.com> - 2011-04-04 01:39 -0700
  Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-04-04 20:35 +0100
    Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> - 2011-04-05 12:13 -0700
      Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Martin Hansen <mhh@shrewsbury.org.uk> - 2011-04-07 09:47 -0700
  Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Gazza <usenet@garethlock.com> - 2011-04-24 02:58 -0700
    Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2011-04-24 18:32 +0100
      Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-24 20:35 +0200
      Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2011-04-25 12:29 +0100
        Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-05-05 13:01 +0100
          Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-05-05 15:51 +0200
            Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-05-05 16:37 +0100
              Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is already running ? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-06 00:32 +0200
    Re: As it's launched, how can a program test if a copy of itself is Howard Dawson <hsdawson@ormail.co.uk> - 2011-05-17 20:35 +0100

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