Detecting windows processes.

[AaronL]

Hello,

Is there an API I can use to detect windows processes? For example, if I were to run notepad.exe, and I wanted to pop a message up in my program that said "notepad.exe" is running? How would I do that?

The real reason I want to do this is because I don't want my program interrupting me if certain programs are running, so if media player is running, I want my program to detect wmplayer.exe or whatever and disable itself.

Thanks!

[vb5prgrmr]

Time to use your friends (yahoo, google, ask, answers, bing) for your needs as there are many examples out there including more than one at PSC (planet-source-code)...



Good Luck

[AaronL]

Umm thanks? Ok to those of you who want to know how to do this, here is a little program I wrote when I found out how to do it.

Dim WinProcesses() As String
Dim WinProc As Object
Dim WinProcSet As Object
Dim WinProcCount As Long
Dim CheckLoop As Long
Private Sub cmdnotepad_Click()
GetProcesses
For CheckLoop = 1 To WinProcCount
    If WinProcesses(CheckLoop) = "notepad.exe" Then
        MsgBox "Notepad is running!"
        Exit Sub
    End If
Next CheckLoop
MsgBox "Notepad is not running!"
End Sub
Private Sub GetProcesses()
WinProcCount = 0
'Count the processes to redim the array
Set WinProcSet = GetObject("WinMgmts:").execquery("select * from Win32_process")
For Each WinProc In WinProcSet
    WinProcCount = WinProcCount + 1
Next
 
'Create the process list in an array
ReDim WinProcesses(1 To WinProcCount) As String
WinProcCount = 0
For Each WinProc In WinProcSet
    WinProcCount = WinProcCount + 1
    WinProcesses(WinProcCount) = WinProc.Name
Next
End Sub
 

If it's possible to check an array for a value without running a processor unfriendly loop, I'd like to know that if you don't mind.