Malcolm Greene wrote on 2011-03-08:
> A question for you MS Word mavens:
>
> Within a Word macro/VBA code block I need to determine whether an
> external application is running so I can start the application if it
> is not already running.
>
> Is there a way to accomplish this in Word or do I need to use a
> win32 API call (I'm thinking of checking for the presence of a
> specific mutex value)? Or might there be simpler ways to do this like
> having my external application lock a specific file that Word can try
> to write to to determine whether the other application is running?
>
> By Word I mean Word 2003 or higher.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Malcolm
>
Malcolm,
If you want the other application to activate:
'Activate window
dim sh
set sh = createobject("wscript.shell")
if not sh.appactivate("No application") then
wscript.echo "Not found"
end if
set sh = nothing
Experts-Exchange shows a way to do a search using the TaskList.EXE and
processing its output.
VBScript Script to Enumerate all Window Handles with an Idential Window
Title : Microsoft, VBScript http://goo.gl/MSy5v
Tracy Pearson
PowerChurch Software
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