prevent multiple instances of an application

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Alister,

You will want to check out the relaunch message in the docs.

Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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Op 28-nov-2007, om 23:30 heeft Alister Pillow het volgende geschreven:

> Hello and greetings from sunny Adelaide,
>
> Does anyone know how to prevent launching multiple instances of a  
> Standalone in Windows?
>
> I have added a url protocol to the Registry that launches my app  
> when a (custom) link is clicked in a web-browser. I would like the  
> app to remain open and respond to further messages. Instead, each  
> time a link is clicked, another copy of the app is opened.
>
> When searching the web for an answer to this, all I could find is  
> examples (in VB or Delphi etc) of an app checking to see if another  
> copy of itself is running. Surely there must be an easier way?
>
> Thanks,
> Alister.