Check For Instance Of A Specific Exe(s) Already Running?
May 10, 2011
I'm wanting to add a some extra code within my application. My app is a single form that sets some environment variables before calling a one of two possible 3rd party executables to run. I have set via regedit the file association for files to open via my app but what I want to do is have my app check to see if either 3rd party app is already running. In short I'm trying to ensure either 3rd party app stays as a single instance.
If a user were to try an open another instance: 1) my application should simply terminate (no warnings, no msg boxes etc...) 2)the file that the user was trying to open should open within the existing instance of the 3rd party application. The problem is I don't quite know how to achieve both parts I imagine that this 'instance check' should happen as the first bit of code so that if no instance of either 3rd party app is found, then proceed with rest of my application. I have tested using some lines of code at the top of Sub New(). Here's what I have so far for checking for both 3rd party applications:
Public Sub New()
If IsProcessRunning("ustation") = True Then
Me.Close()
[code]....
This gives me an error when I debug (Cannot access a disposed object)
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Feb 8, 2012
creating single instance form in MDI Application. How to check whether form's instance created or not?
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Dec 15, 2011
My application is like this : i have to search my data from database with some check box and text box when user select check box specific function go on and then when user enters some range of value in textbox then the result will shown in data grid view after that i can print it by selecting data
my vb.net code is as follow:
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class XtraForm1
[CODE]............
I m also pasting the demo picture.
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Jan 17, 2010
Is there a way to check specific pixels in a picturebox to check the color? Basically what I have is a black square with some white dots, and I want to find the position's in the picture of the white dots.
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Mar 30, 2011
My program is an executable, but if it is run I notice that I can click on the executable again and two instances will be running. How do you prevent more then one instance from running?
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Aug 19, 2011
I try to develop a automation-add-in for Excel which can get some data from our SQL DB. So i call my add from an Excel-cell.. like "=getThisFromDb()"... This works totally fine! But what if i want to write to another cell then just give a return value? I managed to get the running instance of excel. I can read from it. I can open a new document in it and write to it. ->> But can't write to the Worksheet that called me!!
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Aug 21, 2009
If the application is already running, and someone tries to launch it again, set the focus on the already-running program, and exit the one recently launched. I found this, but I don't know how to get the already-running process hwnd. It should be
Dim handle As IntPtr = Process.MainWindowHandle
But that doesn't work.
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Jun 1, 2010
i am facing a problem that is frustrating i have a VB.NET application that i need to connect to an sql 2005 server .its giving this error when i publish the application "a network related or instance-specific error occured while stablishing a connection to sql server . the server was not found or was not accessible .verify that the instance name is correct and that the sql server is configured to allow remote connections" the pc has windows xp on it i configured my sql to allow remote connections its working on one mashine but not the other ??
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Jun 15, 2009
I got an error message saying "Network-related or instance specific error occured while establishing a connection to SQL server............" when opening a connection in form_load event.Tried restarting computer it worked few a times,but still would get the same message again after sometime.How can i fix this error?.
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Jan 19, 2010
I have a single instance database app that emails out notifications. I would like to add a link in the emails that when clicked would open up the app and go to the section of the program that its supposed to go to. I implemented my own URL protocol so that links starting with my codewords get passed to my EXE. So far so good. I then parse the URL and pull the keyword and identifier out to open that section of the program. So if a user clicks a link like this:
MyApp:LoadCompany?ID=323
My application will start, it will grab the arguments (LoadCompany?ID=323), pass this to my load company routine and then load up company ID 323. Works great.
Now the issue is if the program is already open I still want the links to work but since it's a single instance app it just closes the second app. How can I add something ot the app to watch for this or receive a message from the second app? I know I will need to check status of what I'm doing and make sure things are saved, check security, etc but I can get all that done easily enough. I've found some examples online but none really did what I wanted them to.
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Mar 12, 2011
Under Visual Basic 2010, I am trying to define a specific instance of a static method that was created as a Java class. I have a vendor supplied dll added in as a reference.[code]...
But, I can't seem to define a specific instance of this method. Using "IntegrationMethod.getIntegrationMode()"always returns a value of zero.
There doesn't appear to be any way to "setIntegrationMode" to a specific value.
The documentatoin for this Class as provided by the vendor are shown below.
When I asked the vendor for assistance, their response was: "
Our javadocs for the IntegrationMethod class show that we provide three predefined instances of the IntegrationMethod class[code]...
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Jul 20, 2010
I need to open a new instance of IE and direct it to a web page when a user takes a specific action.Used are random so setting anything on their machine is not an option.This works great on my local machine in developent but when deployed to my server it fails with no error.I must be missing a permission or something simple understanding that on the server things are run under the ASPNET account.My code is in a code class, myCode.We are in VS 2008 and IIS 6.Tried a couple of different things, they all fail silently.
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.ComponentModel
Dim sWebPath as Sting = "https://mySecure.com/Page.htm"[code].....
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Oct 8, 2010
Is there a way of discovering if a specific program is running?
I want be able to call a program but have it wait to execute until another program has closed. Both these programs are in the Startup folder so I may have to make them mutually exclusive so that which ever starts second has to wait for the other to close. In the case of these two programs it's of no consequence which actually executes first, although it would be interesting to know if I could actually wait for one to open and close before executing the other.
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Jun 25, 2010
if there was a bad virus on my computer and I wanted to make sure that every time that the Application tried to run, I would Kill That Process? Something that Might Look like this, but Idk..
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Timer1.Interval = 1000
[code]....
Something that looks like that, yesterday I got the code on how to Kill a process by name, today I would like to learn how to ask the computer if that process is running, and if it is, Kill It.
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Oct 26, 2011
I'm trying to implement single instance application using mutex.the application can run only one instance from a given directory.i tried to implement it in Applicationsevents class but it's not working.I replicated it with a test harness with a single form.my ApplicationEvents.vb code:
Private Sub SingleInstanceCheck(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
Dim strLoc As String = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location
[code]....
it runs multiple instances.Things I am not able change:
1.project setting has "Enable Application framework" ticked
2. ApplicationEvents.vb handles UnhandleException which means i cant have a module as startup.
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Aug 23, 2011
I am working on a project using VS2010 SQL2008 and I saw an ODD behaviour , First let me tell you that the app runs without any problem in my developing pc (Windows Xp sp3 32bit)But when I was trying the application in another pc (Windows 7 32bit)I got this exception: A network-related or instance-specific error occured while establishing a connection to SQL server.The server was not found or was not accessible.Verfiy that the instance name is correct and that SQl server is configured to allow remote connections.
Now what is weird in this exception; Is when the application reaches the DataAdpater.Fill(dataset) line I got this exception but when the app reaches the DataAdpter.Insert(....) It runs without any problem .
And what is more weird is that I noticed that the dataset that is used in the previous insert procedure can later be filled with dataAdapter.Fill(...) procedure which it was giving me an exception before .
I tried these things as a solution:
1)Checked SQlBrowser running..
2)No aliases to Sql server at all to remove...
3)remote area connection--OK
4)TCP and UDP port 1433,1434 exception in firewall
5)Unistalled my only antivirus Norton
6)Added Tcp/IP ports in Sql protocols
7)My connection String is : onnectionString="Data Source=ALISQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=PALMSDATABASE;Integrated Security=True"
8)Also tried using Sql Server authentication (user Id and password)
what is the difference between fill and insert? My app. runs smoothly on the original pc ,What should I do?
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Jan 19, 2011
I HOST MY ASP.NET WEBSITE ON WEBSERVER ..But after upload when i try to access my site ...
[URL]
Then following error occurs ....
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.
(provider: SQL Network
Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating
Server/Instance Specified)
i have changed my connectionstring in web.config file and all webpages to :
<connectionStrings>
<remove name="ConnectionString"/>
<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=69.16.253.19,1433; Network Library=DBMSSOCN; Initial Catalog=database;
[code]....
...before publishing and uploading my website to webserver ...I m confused the problem is from my local computer or the webserver ....and how to fix this error ?
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Nov 22, 2010
I need to have a specific process(method) run once a day at a given time and was wondering if this can be done using the timer control.
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Apr 10, 2011
Dim myObject As Something There I defined my variable myObject of type Something. But, as you can see, I am giving it no value yet. Sometime on runtime I want to check if myObject is holding a value or not. I tried this: If myObject <> Nothing Then But apparently I can't do such comparison.
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Jun 1, 2010
i downloaded samples of vb 2010, i tried to run Create DB (Data Samples) but i'm receiving this error. I have MS SQL Server 2008 installed.a network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing to sql server. the server was not found or was not accessible.Verify that the instances name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error:40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)
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Nov 18, 2009
Error message receiving A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) The project is written in VB.Net 2008. Production server uses SQL 2008, Dev Server uses SQL 2000. The application has been built and published.
Prod Connection String: strCN = "server=SGMAGNCPQ03.;Initial Catalog=APO_Tax;Integrated Security=True"
Dev Connection String: strCN = "server=S04423711940995.;Initial Catalog=APO_Tax;Integrated Security=True"
The Problem: When I change the connect string from dev back to prod and try to run my app, I get the above error message. If I reboot everything works fine but if I switch the connect string from prod to dev and try to go back to prod, I'm back to the same problem.
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Dec 4, 2011
I have a server (server A) that has several public IP addresses. I am building a desktop application that will run on server A to fetch data from another server (server B) using the httpwebrequest class.
What I would like to do is be able to programatically direct the application to use a specific IP address from the one the server (A) has.
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Feb 25, 2010
I need to have a windows service that capable of monitoring constantly whether my application is running or not. If not, the windows service will RUN it for me.
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May 19, 2009
I have a Parent form that loads a child form and I only want to allow one instance of the child form. I have this on the button to open the form. Stepping through the code with the debugger it "appears" to work OK when the form is open (I say appears because nothing changes) but when the form is closed it doesn't open as I would expect. What am I missing?
[Code]....
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Aug 24, 2010
Edit by Moderator: Split from this thread[code]...
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Feb 21, 2011
I am working on a tool that will better manage the server applications I run on my server. I have a working version of what I need written in VB6, I've tried converting the code from vb6 to .net with no luck. Basically I have a few server applications I would like to display the status of, if they're running or not. Then with a few buttons to start/stop the application accordingly. I've found a few different code snippets across the web which I've tried to implement in to my project with no luck.
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May 15, 2012
I thought this would be an easy one but I can't think of a good way to do it.User submits a webform. Based on submitted information I build three classes and assign their properties from received data:
UserInfo userInfo = new UserInfo();
UserAddress userAddress = new UserAddress();
UserEmployer userEmployer = new UserEmployer();
Based on submitted information some classes end up being populated with properties and some do not.
What's the best way to check whether userInfo class, for example, ended up with properties assigned ? I don't want to save a particular object to the database if it doesn't have any real properties assigned and all of them are set to either null or "".
I only want to save the objects that ended up with at least one real property assigned.ps. using NHibernate to save data to db
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May 11, 2009
I have an application that provides core services for a series of other applications.When another of these applications is started, I want to check that the service application is running and if not shutdown.What is the best method to check for the existence of the other app? I'm thinking that I should be using a global mutex in the services app and checking for it's existence in the other apps. Is this the correct way to proceed?
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Aug 15, 2011
I am trying to check for certain processes that is running and then inform the user of those processes via textbox like "The programs; -name of the processes running goes here- are running". [code]
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May 28, 2010
Although I signed up a year ago I didnt have enough free time to carry on programming, but have now made some time.
I have spent the past 2 hours trying to look for a code for visual basic 2008 that will check if a program is running.
It would be really helpful if someone wrote the whole code out and made it clear exactly where I put them name of the .exe file
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