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From: jb@aries5.uucp (James Bruyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How can I know if an application is already running?
Message-ID: <1042@maytag.waterloo.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 89 01:17:56 GMT
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In article <8581@cs.yale.edu> kishon-amir@CS.Yale.EDU (amir kishon) writes:
>Is there any way I can check if a specific application is already  running ? 
>(under multifinder, ofcourse).


Except for the fact that the following sugestion will not be approved
by Apple, and won't work if somebody changes the application name - walk
through the FCB's looking for the file name.  Or if you really want to
be picky, check creator and file type of every open file.

Jim Bruyn
Computer Systems Group
University of Waterloo