In VB.NET, how do you check to see if an instance of your
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* "Michael" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit: In VB.NET, how do you check to see if an instance of your application is already running?
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Herfried K. Wagner
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In article <bn************@ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>, Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote: * "Michael" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit: In VB.NET, how do you check to see if an instance of your application is already running?
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That is a good way to do it if you need to get a bit of information
about the previous proces - especially if your going to pass information
to it. But if you have simple needs, like all you care about is if it
is running - here is an alternate method.
Imports System.Threading
....
Sub Main()
Dim owned As Boolean
Dim mut As New Mutex(True, "myuniquemutexname", owned)
If owned Then
Application.Run(New MainForm())
mut.ReleaseMutex()
Else
MessageBox.Show("A previous instance is already running")
End If
End Sub
Anyway, it is an alternative that I use a lot :)
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Tom Shelton
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* Tom Shelton <to*@mtogden.com> scripsit: <http://www.google.com/groups?selm=blgrft%24c51nq%244%40ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de> That is a good way to do it if you need to get a bit of information about the previous proces - especially if your going to pass information to it. But if you have simple needs, like all you care about is if it is running - here is an alternate method.
[...] Dim mut As New Mutex(True, "myuniquemutexname", owned)
I remember I posted a link to a sample like this.
;-)
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In article <bn************@ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>, Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote: * Tom Shelton <to*@mtogden.com> scripsit: <http://www.google.com/groups?selm=blgrft%24c51nq%244%40ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>
That is a good way to do it if you need to get a bit of information about the previous proces - especially if your going to pass information to it. But if you have simple needs, like all you care about is if it is running - here is an alternate method.
[...] Dim mut As New Mutex(True, "myuniquemutexname", owned)
I remember I posted a link to a sample like this.
;-)
Crap! I hate when I don't scroll down! Sorry. I wasn't trying to take
away from your post Herfried... I was just trying to provide some
additional information (which I see was there, boy do I feel dumb :)
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Tom Shelton
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"Michael" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0b****************************@phx.gbl... In VB.NET, how do you check to see if an instance of your application is already running?
Here's another way: (watch out for word-wrap)
'This is the application's startup routine
'Check to see if a previous instance of this application is running already
If
(UBound(Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(Dia gnostics.Process.GetCurren
tProcess.ProcessName)) > 0) Then
MessageBox.Show("Already running on your system.", AppDesc,
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
Exit Sub
End If
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* Tom Shelton <to*@mtogden.com> scripsit: That is a good way to do it if you need to get a bit of information about the previous proces - especially if your going to pass information to it. But if you have simple needs, like all you care about is if it is running - here is an alternate method. [...] Dim mut As New Mutex(True, "myuniquemutexname", owned)
I remember I posted a link to a sample like this.
;-)
Crap! I hate when I don't scroll down! Sorry. I wasn't trying to take away from your post Herfried... I was just trying to provide some additional information (which I see was there, boy do I feel dumb :)
No problem. I am lazy too.
;-)
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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>
* "George Shubin" <dx@dxonline.com> scripsit: In VB.NET, how do you check to see if an instance of your application is already running?
Here's another way: (watch out for word-wrap)
'This is the application's startup routine 'Check to see if a previous instance of this application is running already If (UBound(Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(Dia gnostics.Process.GetCurren tProcess.ProcessName)) > 0) Then MessageBox.Show("Already running on your system.", AppDesc, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) Exit Sub End If
Notice that this will return a wrong result if there are more than one
processes running on the system which have the same process name but
belong to different applications.
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Herfried K. Wagner
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Hi Tom, Herfried,
Lazy, he calls him. What happened to forgetful, distracted, unobservant,
hasty?
I prefer hasty myself - as in keen to get back to post a solution ;-).
Actually there is a difference between your methods.
Dim FirstTimeIn As Boolean
Dim mut As New Mutex(True, "myuniquemutexname", FirstTimeIn)
If FirstTimeIn Then
versus
Dim mut As Mutex = New Mutex(False, "myuniquemutexname")
If mut.WaitOne(10, False) Then
Any advantages of one over the other?
Regards,
Fergus
Hi Herfried,
What's the difference between an application name and a process name?
Regards,
Fergus
* "Fergus Cooney" <fi*****@post.com> scripsit: What's the difference between an application name and a process name?
Let's say two developers write two different programms with the name
"Foo". If the user installs both of them (they are different!) into
different locations, for example
"C:\Program Files\Foo1\Foo.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Foo2\Foo.exe"
and then starts both of them, the process name of both application
instances (instances of _different_ applications) will be the same.
When shutting down all applications with the same name maybe instances
of other applications are killed too.
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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
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Hi Herfried,
Thanks, that's what I believed, but I thought I might have missed
soimething.
I think it is unlikely in general to have the clash that you mention, but
I can see it happening with different versions of the same software or
utilities such as 'Calculator'.
Regards,
Fergus
On 2003-10-23, Fergus Cooney <fi*****@post.com> wrote: Hi Tom, Herfried,
Lazy, he calls him. What happened to forgetful, distracted, unobservant, hasty? I prefer hasty myself - as in keen to get back to post a solution ;-).
Actually there is a difference between your methods.
Dim FirstTimeIn As Boolean Dim mut As New Mutex(True, "myuniquemutexname", FirstTimeIn) If FirstTimeIn Then
versus Dim mut As Mutex = New Mutex(False, "myuniquemutexname") If mut.WaitOne(10, False) Then
Any advantages of one over the other?
Regards, Fergus
To be honest, I don't really think so. I have never used the method
Herfried showed - I've always just used the constructor to determine if
I have recieved ownership... But, it looks like 6's to me.
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Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]
Hi Tom,
Thanks. I prefer the first version - it looks less like technobabble -
especially with the renamed ownership variable.
Regards,
Fergus
* "Fergus Cooney" <fi*****@post.com> scripsit: Thanks, that's what I believed, but I thought I might have missed soimething.
I think it is unlikely in general to have the clash that you mention, but I can see it happening with different versions of the same software or utilities such as 'Calculator'.
That's exaclty what I wanted to say...
;-)
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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
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Hi Herfried,
Are you related to the Herfried who I've been mud-wrestling with over in
the other threads?
You seem like such a nice chap!! ;-)
Regards,
Fergus
* "Fergus Cooney" <fi*****@post.com> scripsit: Are you related to the Herfried who I've been mud-wrestling with over in the other threads?
You seem like such a nice chap!! ;-)
Are you the Fergus I wanted to plonk? Maybe there are two different
"Fergus Cooney" posting to this group.
;-)
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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
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