detect 2nd instance

[Doug Bell]

Hi
can anyone point me in the right direction of detecting if an application is
running so that if a 2nd instance is started it can check and self
terminate?

Thanks

Doug

[vijrag]

Hi Doug,

If Process.GetProcessesByName
(Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName).Length > 1 Then
MessageBox.Show("Another Instance of this process is already running")
Application.Exit()
End If

Vijrag.
"Doug Bell" wrote:

Hi
can anyone point me in the right direction of detecting if an application is
running so that if a 2nd instance is started it can check and self
terminate?

Thanks

Doug

[Joerg Jooss]

Doug Bell wrote:

Hi
can anyone point me in the right direction of detecting if an
application is running so that if a 2nd instance is started it can
check and self terminate?

There's a nice solution for this in Chris Sells' book Windows Form
Porgramming in {C#|VN.NET}. You can get the code from his web site at
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/wfbook/.

Cheers,

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Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx.net

[Doug Bell]

Doug

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Doug Bell <dug@bigpond> wrote:

can anyone point me in the right direction of detecting if an application is
running so that if a 2nd instance is started it can check and self
terminate?

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/f...ation.instance

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