Discover another running application

[JürgenS]

Hello,

how can i find out if another application (eg Excel) is still running? Is there a simple method?

I use CVI 7.1 and Windows XP.

Many thanks

Jürgen

[monky]

---ExcelRpt_WriteData--if it is not writeable then let us say application is running ...may be it works

[JürgenS]

The application is not Excel. It was only an example.

Has anyone an idea?

[msaxon]

This is traditionally done by searching for a window owned by the process. The Windows API function FindWindow() can be used to do this, but you will need to know either the registered class name of the window (unlikely) or the window name (i.e. the caption text for the window - more likely).

You can find more information about FindWindow here.

Martin.

[JürgenS]

Hello Martin,

many thanks!

[cdk52]

Hello Jürgen.

Assuming you know the name of the executable, it may be better to use the psapi functions.

Check this thread.

Regards,
Colin.

 

Message Edited by cdk52 on 09-16-2005 09:57 AM