Re: Getting the process list on win98

2005-03-15 Thread Ron
Thanks for the reply Roger, Since will put this on my web site for general use, I don't want users to have to install additional software. I'll try win32com.client.Dispatch('Wbemscripting.Swbemlocator') see what that does. As a last resort, I use a registry key as a run status varable. Not my

Re: Getting the process list on win98

2005-03-15 Thread Roger Upole
WMI didn't come installed on Win98. You can download the addon for win98 from Microsoft. If I recall correctly from when I last used it on 98, GetObject didn't work for wmi. You might have to use win32com.client.Dispatch('Wbemscripting.Swbemlocator') to create the object. hth

Re: Getting the process list on win98

2005-03-14 Thread Thomas Heller
Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've written a screen saver which opens multiple copies on windows > 98. I'm trying to check the process list to determine if it is already > running. > > So far all the example win32 routines I've found, through google, only > work on newer xp and nt versions of

Getting the process list on win98

2005-03-14 Thread Ron
I've written a screen saver which opens multiple copies on windows 98. I'm trying to check the process list to determine if it is already running. So far all the example win32 routines I've found, through google, only work on newer xp and nt versions of windows. This is the current attempt to g