Checking whether a process is in execution

[kd]

Hi All,

If the name of a process is known, is it possible to check whether it is in
execution?

What I did was to fetch all the processes running on the system using
Process.GetProcesses() and traverse through the array looking for the Process
name.

Is there a shortcut or easier way to accomplish this?

Thanks.

kd.

[Brian Swanson]

I personally use this routine to check for a previous instance on an
app.

Function PrevInstance() As Boolean
If UBound( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName) ) > 0 Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function

Hope this helps,
Brian Swanson

"kd" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]:

Hi All,

If the name of a process is known, is it possible to check whether it is
in
execution?

What I did was to fetch all the processes running on the system using
Process.GetProcesses() and traverse through the array looking for the
Process
name.

Is there a shortcut or easier way to accomplish this?

Thanks.

kd.

[Brian Swanson]

I personally use this routine to check for a previous instance on an
app.

Function PrevInstance() As Boolean
If UBound( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName) ) > 0 Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function

Hope this helps,
Brian Swanson

"kd" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]:

Hi All,

If the name of a process is known, is it possible to check whether it is
in
execution?

What I did was to fetch all the processes running on the system using
Process.GetProcesses() and traverse through the array looking for the
Process
name.

Is there a shortcut or easier way to accomplish this?

Thanks.

kd.

[kd]

Thanks Brian.

But, I am not looking for a previous instance of an application. I am
looking for another application exe whose name I know. So, I using
GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName won't help.

Regards
ks

"Brian Swanson" wrote:

I personally use this routine to check for a previous instance on an
app.

Function PrevInstance() As Boolean
If UBound( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName) ) > 0 Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function

Hope this helps,
Brian Swanson

"kd" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]:

Hi All,

If the name of a process is known, is it possible to check whether it is
in
execution?

What I did was to fetch all the processes running on the system using
Process.GetProcesses() and traverse through the array looking for the
Process
name.

Is there a shortcut or easier way to accomplish this?

Thanks.

kd.

[BrianDH]

2 Examples:
'Check to see if another copy of your program is running
Public Sub CheckForExistingInstance()
'Get number of processes of you program
If
Process.GetProcessesByName(Process.GetCurrentProce ss.ProcessName).Length > 1
Then
MessageBox.Show("Another Instance of this process is already running",
"Multiple Instances Forbidden", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
Application.Exit()
End If
End Sub
'Check to see if “ProgramNane� is running
Public Sub CheckForWinfax()
Try
Dim myProcesses() As Process
myProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName("programname.exe")
If (myProcesses.Length = 1) Then
Else
Application.Exit()
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Checking For WinFax !")
End Try
End Sub
"kd" wrote:

Thanks Brian.

But, I am not looking for a previous instance of an application. I am
looking for another application exe whose name I know. So, I using
GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName won't help.

Regards
ks

"Brian Swanson" wrote:

I personally use this routine to check for a previous instance on an
app.

Function PrevInstance() As Boolean
If UBound( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName) ) > 0 Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function

Hope this helps,
Brian Swanson

"kd" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]:

Hi All,

If the name of a process is known, is it possible to check whether it is
in
execution?

What I did was to fetch all the processes running on the system using
Process.GetProcesses() and traverse through the array looking for the
Process
name.

Is there a shortcut or easier way to accomplish this?

Thanks.

kd.

[kd]

Thanks BrianDH for your response.

Here's a sample of my code; The message "Not running" is shown, even though
Test.exe is running.

Dim TestProcess() As Process
Try
TestProcess= Process.GetProcessesByName("Test.exe")
If TestProcess.Length = 0 Then
MsgBox("Not running", MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly)
Else
MsgBox("Running", MsgBoxStyle.OKOnly)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Error!")
End Try

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks.
kd

"BrianDH" wrote:

2 Examples:
'Check to see if another copy of your program is running
Public Sub CheckForExistingInstance()
'Get number of processes of you program
If
Process.GetProcessesByName(Process.GetCurrentProce ss.ProcessName).Length > 1
Then
MessageBox.Show("Another Instance of this process is already running",
"Multiple Instances Forbidden", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
Application.Exit()
End If
End Sub
'Check to see if “ProgramNane� is running
Public Sub CheckForWinfax()
Try
Dim myProcesses() As Process
myProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName("programname.exe")
If (myProcesses.Length = 1) Then
Else
Application.Exit()
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Checking For WinFax !")
End Try
End Sub
"kd" wrote:

Thanks Brian.

But, I am not looking for a previous instance of an application. I am
looking for another application exe whose name I know. So, I using
GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName won't help.

Regards
ks

"Brian Swanson" wrote:

I personally use this routine to check for a previous instance on an
app.

Function PrevInstance() As Boolean
If UBound( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName( _
Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName) ) > 0 Then
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function

Hope this helps,
Brian Swanson

"kd" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]:
> Hi All,
>
> If the name of a process is known, is it possible to check whether it is
> in
> execution?
>
> What I did was to fetch all the processes running on the system using
> Process.GetProcesses() and traverse through the array looking for the
> Process
> name.
>
> Is there a shortcut or easier way to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> kd.