Checking what's already running?

[D & J G]

Bit of a newbie question..
Is there a VB6 way of telling what is already running? E.g. if a VB6
program has been minimized and selected again, the minimized one maximizes,
instead of having the same thing running twice simultaneously.
TIA
Don

[Dean Earley]

D & J G wrote:

Bit of a newbie question..
Is there a VB6 way of telling what is already running? E.g. if a VB6
program has been minimized and selected again, the minimized one maximizes,
instead of having the same thing running twice simultaneously.

You can use App.PrevInstance to see if the same executable is already
running.
The easy way to activate the other version is AppActivate and SendKeys,
but the proper way is to use some form of IPC like DDE.

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Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

[Bruce A. Wilkinson]

You can use the "previousinstance" boleen parameter to detect if your application is already running.
"D & J G" <do********@optusnet.com.auwrote in message news:44***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...
Bit of a newbie question..
Is there a VB6 way of telling what is already running? E.g. if a VB6
program has been minimized and selected again, the minimized one maximizes,
instead of having the same thing running twice simultaneously.
TIA
Don