i know it is relatively easy for a program to check for another instance of itself and either allow or disallow another copy to run some programs make it an option
i was wondering if it was feasible for a general utility to do such a thing for specified programs as i remember the technique was to walk the list of title bar titles but that was back in Win3 days Dennis Saputelli JaMi Smith wrote: > > Dennis, > > Actually, many programs do in fact check to see if there is already another > instance of itself running, and just open the file in the instance that is > running. > > For example, Adobe Acrobat does check and open pdf files in an existing > instance. > > Unfortunately, Protel does not check for much of anything, and the double > instance issue has been brought up before. I thought it might be possibly > responsible for some of the "hidden processes" that don't show up until you > go to shut down the computer. > > Unfortunately, this particular problem is one of these "loose nut behind the > wheel" problems. It was just doing what you told it to do. > > JaMi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 2 SESSIONS > > > Dennis, > > > > How about a mouse with a 15 pound spring in the left button? > > > > Its kind of like having an "Are You Sure?" dialogue built right in, and > > since it takes both hands to operate, it really makes you think twice (if > > not three or four times) before you do any "double clicking". > > > > ; ) > > > > JaMi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 4:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 2 SESSIONS > > > > > > > > > > god i hate when i double click a DDB by mistake (instead of dragging it) > > > > > > Protel starts another session > > > (which i have proven to be a 'bad' thing - library troubles commence) > > > > > > seems like it might be feasible for a utility to watch for a program > > > starting, check if a session is already running and then advise or > > > prevent > > > > > > any Windows gurus out there? is this feasible? > > > > > > this could be useful for other programs too > > > > > > Dennis Saputelli > > > > > > ========= send only plain text please! - no HTML ========== > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > Integrated Controls, Inc. www.integratedcontrolsinc.com > > > 2851 21st Street tel: 415-647-0480 > > > San Francisco, CA 94110 fax: 415-647-3003 > > > > > > > -- Dennis Saputelli ========= send only plain text please! - no HTML ========== _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. www.integratedcontrolsinc.com 2851 21st Street tel: 415-647-0480 San Francisco, CA 94110 fax: 415-647-3003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
