Is there a way to detect a running program or application such as Word Perfect?

Thanks

Rick

Rick-

There is a windows function called FINDWINDOW. Look at Support.Microsoft.Com for exact syntax usage, but basically it's like this:

In Win95, Win98, or WinNT we will use a windows API function named FindWindow.

FindWindow has already been prototyped in OpenInsight for us, we just need to know how to call it.

Function Findwindow(ClassName, 0)

ClassName must be a null terminated string,

Some popular ClassNames:

Calculator "SciCalc"

Notepad "Notepad"

Paintbrush (Win3x) "pbParent"

Paint (Win95) "MSPaintApp"

Write (Win3x) "MSWRITE_MENU"

WordPad (Win95) "WordPadClass"

Word 2/6/7 "OpusApp"

Excel 4/5/7 "XLMAIN"

PowerPoint 4 "PPApplicationClass"

PowerPoint 7 "PP7FrameClass"

Example:

Subroutine FindWindowTest(Parent)

$Insert Logical

Declare Function FindWindow

FileLocation=c:\class1.xls'

IsExcel=FALSE$

IsExcel=FindWindow( "XLMAIN" : \00\, 0 )

IF IsExcel=0 THEN

	Call Launch_Excel(FileLocation)

end Else

x=msg(Parent, 'Excel is Already running. Please shut it down and try again')

return 0

End

(Taken from the Advanced Programming in OI Manual)

What version of the manual is that.

Barry,

It's also in the Using DDE in OpenInsight workbook, Page 21 of 23.

Tim

Don't know, but the use of FindWindow was also docced in v2i1 of Sprezzatura's SENL.

- Oystein -

Rick,

If there is any chance there is more than one instance of that program running, and you need to detect all of them I have a function that does exactly that. It uses FindWindow and a couple of other Windows functions.

- Oystein -

Is there a way to find the ClassName for a program? It be found in the registry? If not where?

Thanks

Rick

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