MS-DOS

[Guest]

Is there a method for a form to realize if the computer is running another
application? Specifically a DOS application. I would like to have a msgbox
pop open to alert the user of Access that there is currently a DOS
application open.

Thank you.

 

[Ron Weiner]

You might want to point your browser over to:

http://www.vbusers.com/code/codeget.asp?ThreadID=75&PostID=1&NumReplies=0

Where you will find some code to Get a list of all system processes. You
can search the list to find the one you are interested in and report back to
the user.

While this code was written to be used in a VB app it will likely work in
access.

Ron W

 

[Andi Mayer]

Is there a method for a form to realize if the computer is running another
application? Specifically a DOS application. I would like to have a msgbox
pop open to alert the user of Access that there is currently a DOS
application open.

Thank you.

if you know the exact WindowsCaption you can use:

Declare Function apiFindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" _
(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

function WindowIsActive() as boolean

if apiFindWindow(vbNullString, "MYExactWindowsTitel") >0 then
WindowIsActive=True
endif
end function