Actually, it doesn't, unfortunately (at least in Win XP). The only programs it shows are things like IO, MOUSE, MSDOS, and REDIR (not Acrobat, Outlook Express,etc.).
You might want to check out the SysInternals site; they have a bunch of command-line utilities you can sue. Here's a link to a command-line utility called 'handle' that you can probably run through shell(): For Windows NT/200/ME: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/handle.shtml And here looks like one for 95/98/ME: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/handle.shtml For Windows developers, the SysInternals site has a bunch of good stuff... Scott, if you get this to work well, let us know how you did it... :-) Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chipp Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:15 PM Subject: RE: Looking For Suggestions > Scott, > > Don't know if this helps but > > executing > > mem /p > > from a dos window will return all running programs. > So, you might be able to run a batch file which prints out the running > programs and check it from there.. > > -Chipp > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Rossi > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Looking For Suggestions > > > > > > I've got a standalone that needs to run on Windows as a single > > instance (no > > multiple instances of the same app). I'm looking for suggestions > > on how to > > prevent duplicate launches of the same app (the app may also be > > installed in > > more than one location on the same machine). > > > > I'm familiar with the open apps function of the EXT DLL, but I'm trying to > > avoid use of this since it makes my apps unstable. I've also > > toyed with the > > idea of writing an "app busy" message to the registry or a temp > > file on the > > drive, but I can't figure out how to determine if the app that created the > > message is running > > > > As far as I know, MC has no built-in way to get a list of open processes > > other than those it has already launched. > > > > Searching the Web, I came across this document -- might there be > > some way to > > use the code here via the shell or shell("start"...) function? > > > > http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0007.htm > > > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > Regards, > > > > Scott Rossi > > Creative Director > > Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design > > ----- > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > W: http://www.tactilemedia.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > metacard mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
