Hi,
Perhaps you could try:
my $instance = Wx::SingleInstanceChecker->new();
$instance->Create('A_Special_Name_Here');
exit if $instance->IsAnotherRunning();
Best Regards,
bungsu
On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 00:01 +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a program made with WxPerl which has the main window hidden and which
> can be shown using a tray icon.
>
> I want to avoid opening that program twice, so after opening it, I want to
> test if the program is already opened, and if it is, I want to show its
> hidden main window and if it is possible to set the focus to a certain
> object.
>
> I use File::Pid for testing if the program is already open, but I don't know
> how to switch to the process with a certain PID and I also don't know how to
> unhide a Wx frame from another process.
>
> Can you give me some hints?
>
> I think I would need to send a certain signal to that process using kill()
> and handle that signal using $SIG{} and do what I want then.
> But I don't know what signal to use for things like these.
>
> I have tried to trap signals like HUP and others, but they all kill the
> running program.
>
> Octavian
>
