I'm writing vb.net code with MS Visual Studio 2005.When running my application I get "foo.exe is already running on this machine".(Even though I'm running faa.exe instead
View 14 RepliesI have a single instance VB 2010 application I know how to communicate with the next instances run through the StartupNextInstance application event. The usual way of working with this is parsing command line arguments of the new instance and continue execution of the old instance. What I would like to do is replace the running instance with the new one. Is there any way to do this other than disabling the single instance property ?
View 1 Repliesin vb 2008 express this option is available under application properties. does anyone know what is its function? does it make it so that it's impossible to open two instances at the same time?
View 3 RepliesIs there any way of restarting a single instance application, which is deployed via clickonce?
View 1 Repliesi am using "Animated Window Effects with "Toast" popup demo" code from the code bank created for jmcilhinney. I put a NotifyIcon control on it and check Make single instance application on the project properties windows. the problem is that every time that i launch the app it creates one instance on the system tray of the app. i can not figure out how to over come this attached is a copy of my project.
View 10 RepliesI have a VB .NET application set as single instance. When I try to launch the application the second time its window is restored to its normal windowed state instead of being maximized (like it was before attempting the second launch). How can I make the application window to preserve its last state?
View 1 Repliescreating single instance form in MDI Application. How to check whether form's instance created or not?
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to build a single-instance application, but not in the traditional sence. Instead of a simple silent prevention of launching a second application, I want it to send a message to said application so it launches a second mainform in my original process.
(I want some read-only cache (language, style,...) shared, and a few sources like local settings shared, but other then that all resources reside in the mainforms and act as seperate applications.)
(I'm not looking for specific code, more for hints/tips and/or general directions, more specificaly on what parameters do you check process equality, and what method do you use to pass the message? Windows Messages? Sockets? ...)
I have set the "Make single instance application" check box.And when my application version is 1.0.0.0 for example, it is OK and won't load multiple instances.But when I create a new version, for example 1.0.0.1, then I can run 2 instances of my application, when the 1st instance is 1.0.0.0 and the second instance is 1.0.0.1.What should I do to prevent this?
View 2 RepliesHas anyone using VB.NET 2010 been able to create a single instance application? I've followed the MSDN sample but it does not have an Application.xaml file. Converting any C# samples to VB doesn't work as I cannot override the Main sub in Application.xaml (C# calls it App.xaml).
View 2 RepliesI wish to turn on the Single Instance Application choice in Visual Studio 2008 properties. To do so, I must choose "Enable Application Framework". When I do that, my ONLY choice is to choose a Startup Form, not a Startup object. This makes no sense to me. I have a tray application, and I check to see which form I should load, a logon form, or the main form. But since I am forced to choose a startup form, I MUST load the logon or main form to begin with. But I don't want to. I want startup code to determine which one to load first. So then I am playing with making the OTHER form invisible, even if the startup form, but that is a mess.
View 4 RepliesIf you mark your application using "Make Single Instance Application" option in the application settings tab and run your application under a GUEST account or a restricted limited/standard account the application throws UnAuthorizedAccessException or CantStartSingleInstanceException.
Take the following steps to reproduce this behavior.
1) Create Windows Form application.
2) Enable the "Make Single Instance Application" in the project properties.
3) Log onto a GUEST account and open the application twice to simulate StartUpNextInstance.
We need developers to reproduce this behavior and post any valuable input if you experience these symptoms.
When posting information please include the following:
a) The operating system version + service pack.
b) The .NET framework version used.
c) Verify this symptom is present when running under GUEST account.
To workaround this issue turn off the "Make Single Instance Application" option ad create a Local named mutex in the StartUp() event.
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I am writing a program in VB.net (vs 2008) that requires that only one instance of the executable be running at a time. Naturally I went for the simple solution by selecting the "Make single instance application" checkbox in the Project properties. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to work across multiple users that are logged into a single XP machine, thereby causing the same issues for my program as if I were able to run multiple instances on one single user. Granted this is a corner case, that someone would switch users while my program is running, but I'd like to understand the limitations. So my question is whether the "Make single instance application" property is supposed to work across multiple users? or is it limited to only one-instance-per-user.
Here are the steps the recreate the issue (prereqs: computer with XP pro installed, 2 user accounts (not on a Windows Domain), and a dummy "single instance" program created using the property mentioned above):
1) Log in with user1, start up the single instance program
2) Switch to user2 (StartMenu -> LogOff -> Switch User)
3) Start up the single instance program using user2
*After step 3, the program launches without complaint even though another instance is running on user1. Is this a glitch? or by design?
what is the different writing code application vbnet 2005 application for single user and multiuser?
View 3 RepliesMy problem is when i try to call Application.Run() in a application without a form i get "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." when i run it outside VS. but if ran in debug or release mode it works just fine. i may just be forgetting to setup application right, but ive done it before in this same manor and it worked fine.
Sub main() 'this runs first.
AddHandler Application.ApplicationExit, AddressOf ExitEventHandler
dbg_f("handle added")
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Commented out init_timer and init_ready, and now it causes the same error for the myName line. there seems to be something wrong with class Application. btw theres seems to be something wrong with the forum code formatting.
I am looking for a way to make my app running in a single instance mode and showing the MainWindow of the first instance when another instance is launched.I do a quick search on the internet but I did'nt find anything to open the MainWindow of the first instance or it was for Windows Form not for WPF.
View 1 Replieschecking if an application is open and then closing it if it is... For an example, I'll use paint or notepad...
Does something like this work?
Dim myProcess As Process = New Process
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "PaintDotNet.exe"
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What is the best way to check if an application is open first? Struggling with that portion.
How can I check for multiple instances of my visual basic application? When the user runs the application, I want to know how many instances are already open.
View 2 RepliesI have developed some software with no database. I want to create an .exe of my .Net project so I can give only the .exe file to users to use the software.
Unfortunately I don't know how to create an .exe of my project in .Net.
I can cheack another instance running r not then i closed the newly created instance
but nw my problem is i need to show the previously running instance if the previous instance minimized or hided
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given a MDIParent Form and 2 MDI Children: frmChild1, frmChild2..How can i realize a Instance of MyClass in MDIParent, which I can read and write from frmChild1 and frmChild2 , too
View 4 RepliesI am having a text file in this path "C:Test est.txt" when this was openeed I need to close this.
When I am trying to use the below code all the instances of notepad are closing and I don't want that to be happened and I want to close only the ".txt" file:Here is my code:
Dim Process() As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad")
For Each p As Process In Process
p.Kill()
Next
I use this code but it doesnt seems to work...
If Process.GetProcessesByName(My.Application.Info.ProductName).Length > 1 Then
MsgBox("Program already running!.")
End If
EDIT: ShowInTaskBar = False
I have outlook 2003, Now in my application til now i tried loading bulk of emails from folder to my application.But now i need to select a single email and load to application.How to achieve this?
View 1 RepliesI developing a windows application. i dont want to allow multiple instance of the application how i will achive that?
View 1 RepliesI am creating a Windows application using VS 2008. This has a MDI Parent form that hosts multiple MDI children forms. I have a login form that authenticates the user and creates an instance of a user class. This has information such as UserID, Name etc. I would like this instance available to other windows. How would I implement this functionality?
View 2 RepliesI need to know how to run an application on client machines from a Central location for example from an application server?
View 3 RepliesMost of the apps I write have a base / home form and a few other forms (three of four typically) which pop up in response to controls clicked by the user. I'd like to be able to set some properties to be the same for all the forms in an app; particularly properties like BackColor and FormBorderStyle. Yes, I can manually set the individual properties for each form in the VB IDE, but I'd prefer to be able to have one line of code in the base / home form for each property along with one line for each dependent form which says something to the effect of "use the same property value as the base / home form has". Overall, my objective would be to have one single line of code in the app which, when changed, would apply the changed property to all the forms. For example, a single line which I can change to take the BackColor from Apple to Orange for all the forms ...
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In my VB .Net code, I am trying to create to launch MS Project Application. Dim prjApp As Microsoft.Office.Interop.MSProject.Application = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.MSProject.Application
But I am getting the exception as follows:
"Creating an instance of the COM component with CSSID {36D27C48-A1E8-11D3-BA55-00C04F72F325} from the
IClassFactory failed due to the following error: 80010001".Note: This exception happens in 64 bit Windows 7 German OS. But the same code runs successfully in 32 bit Win XP (German and English) and 64 bit Windows 7 English OS.I have even tried the following steps in German 64 bit Win 7
1. Running the application in Administrator mode
2. Setting UAC to low.
3. Re-installing MS Project in German 64 bit Win 7.
I want to learn the Database application programming. Especially, the multi-user environment. User can update the data at the same database. So, could you give me some advices ? Does it should use SQL server db ? How to connect with the the SQL server from other PC user ?
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