<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2" STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #FFFFFF">There may be something more elegant, but how about a time-stamped file?<BR>
Could your app just stamp the current time into the file once per minute?<BR>
A second app could then check if the file is "alive" by checking the time contained within.<BR>
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One other trick that might work: what if the main app opens up a socket or other means of IAC? Then the secondary app could attempt to "ping" it locally.<BR>
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Brian</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2" STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #FFFFFF"></FONT></HTML>