Interesting observation... I stopped and restarted universe and the value remained unchanged in the performance monitor. So this system(3001) counter theory is not going to work anyway.
I've gone down the path of using a basic lock test (one of the 64 BASIC locks) instead. This method also requires that the phantom not ever log off or the lock is cleared and another is started. In my application, I actually want to clean up some config/status files and remain running so this is not an issue. So, using something like lock number 60 to indicate the phantom process is running. all logons execute this little test and launch snippet:: LOCK 60 THEN * * if I can lock, phantom not running, unlock the lock and dispatch phantom * UNLOCK 60 EXECUTE "PHANTOM background.program ..." END ELSE * PHANTOM ALREADY RUNNING END this is the PHANTOM background.program: LOCK 60 ELSE * another phantom is already running this program, so log off CHAIN "OFF" END * * do phantom processing code - * PHANTOM PROCESSING CODE IS HERE fyi.. I don't want to test a value in a file since I need something that is inherently 'reset' when the universe database is started. ie, the lock table is clear. A value in a file would remain through a restart and would not work. If there is a more elegant solution, please chime in. Thanks! -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
