Window.EnumerateProcesses Examples

table Window.EnumerateProcesses (

Example 1

open_processes = Window.EnumerateProcesses();

Gets the window handles and executable file paths for every process that is currently running and stores them in a table named open_processes.

Example 2

instances_of_file = 0;

file_to_check_for = "setup.exe"; --have all lowercase

processes = Window.EnumerateProcesses();

for j, file_path in processes do

file = String.SplitPath(file_path);

if (String.Lower(file.Filename..file.Extension)) == file_to_check_for then

instances_of_file = instances_of_file + 1;

end

if instances_of_file > 1 then

Window.Hide(app_handle);

Dialog.Message("Error", "Setup already running: code: already running");

Window.Close(app_handle, CLOSEWND_TERMINATE);

else

Window.Show(app_handle);

end

As an example, let us assume that you want to run your program, only if there is not another setup.exe running on the system. To accomplish this, use the Window.EnumerateProcesses action, and check every process against the filename setup.exe.