multiple instances of standalone under Windows

[Dar Scott]

On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 02:19 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

>> Does anyone have a way to check if another instance of a standalone is
>> already running, and if so close the one that was just opened?
>
> Try 'accept' on some obscure port.  If it fails, assume that another 
> app is running.  (Immediately close any connections in the call back, 
> should any be made.)  I'd try UDP first.  If you need to listen to a 
> port anyway, you are set.

Though this is a little weird, it is multi-platform.

Dar

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