detect open programs (win98 or win2k)

I use this one, pass task name in


paste in form and add command button


Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Debug.Print GetProcesses("outside.exe")
End Sub



Paste in module


Option Explicit

Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32.dll" (ByVal Handle As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "Kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwDesiredAccessas As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcId As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function EnumProcesses Lib "PSAPI.DLL" (ByRef lpidProcess As Long, ByVal cb As Long, ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetModuleFileNameExA Lib "PSAPI.DLL" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal hModule As Long, ByVal ModuleName As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function EnumProcessModules Lib "PSAPI.DLL" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByRef lphModule As Long, ByVal cb As Long, ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetVersionExA Lib "kernel32" (lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Integer

Public Const PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 1024
Public Const PROCESS_VM_READ = 16
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Public Const WIN95_System_Found = 1
Public Const WINNT_System_Found = 2

Public Type PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS
    cb As Long
    PageFaultCount As Long
    PeakWorkingSetSize As Long
    WorkingSetSize As Long
    QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage As Long
    QuotaPagedPoolUsage As Long
    QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage As Long
    QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage As Long
    PagefileUsage As Long
    PeakPagefileUsage As Long
End Type

Public Type PROCESSENTRY32
    dwSize As Long
    cntUsage As Long
    th32ProcessID As Long ' This process
    th32DefaultHeapID As Long
    th32ModuleID As Long ' Associated exe
    cntThreads As Long
    th32ParentProcessID As Long ' This process's parent process
    pcPriClassBase As Long ' Base priority of process threads
    dwFlags As Long
    szExeFile As String * 260 ' MAX_PATH
End Type

Public Type OSVERSIONINFO
    dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
    dwMajorVersion As Long
    dwMinorVersion As Long
    dwBuildNumber As Long
    dwPlatformId As Long '1 = Windows 95.
    '2 = Windows NT
    szCSDVersion As String * 128
End Type

Public Function GetProcesses(ByVal EXEName As String) As Boolean
    Dim booResult As Boolean
    Dim lngLength As Long
    Dim lngProcessID As Long
    Dim strProcessName As String
    Dim lngSnapHwnd As Long
    Dim udtProcEntry As PROCESSENTRY32
    Dim lngCBSize As Long 'Specifies the size, In bytes, of the lpidProcess array
    Dim lngCBSizeReturned As Long 'Receives the number of bytes returned
    Dim lngNumElements As Long
    Dim lngProcessIDs() As Long
    Dim lngCBSize2 As Long
    Dim lngModules(1 To 200) As Long
    Dim lngReturn As Long
    Dim strModuleName As String
    Dim lngSize As Long
    Dim lngHwndProcess As Long
    Dim lngLoop As Long
    Dim b As Long
    Dim c As Long
    Dim e As Long
    Dim d As Long
    Dim pmc As PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS
    Dim lret As Long
    Dim strProcName2 As String
    Dim strProcName As String
   
    'Turn on Error handler
    On Error GoTo Error_handler
    GetProcesses = False
    booResult = False
   
    EXEName = UCase$(Trim$(EXEName))
    lngLength = Len(EXEName)
   
    'ProcessInfo.bolRunning = False
   
    Select Case GetVersion()
        'I'm not bothered about windows 95/98 becasue this class probably wont be used on it anyway.
        Case WIN95_System_Found 'Windows 95/98

        Case WINNT_System_Found 'Windows NT

            lngCBSize = 8 ' Really needs To be 16, but Loop will increment prior to calling API
            lngCBSizeReturned = 96

            Do While lngCBSize <= lngCBSizeReturned
                DoEvents
                'Increment Size
                lngCBSize = lngCBSize * 2
                'Allocate Memory for Array
                ReDim lngProcessIDs(lngCBSize / 4) As Long
                'Get Process ID's
                lngReturn = EnumProcesses(lngProcessIDs(1), lngCBSize, lngCBSizeReturned)
            Loop

            'Count number of processes returned
            lngNumElements = lngCBSizeReturned / 4
            'Loop thru each process

            For lngLoop = 1 To lngNumElements
            DoEvents

            'Get a handle to the Process and Open
            lngHwndProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION Or PROCESS_VM_READ, 0, lngProcessIDs(lngLoop))

            If lngHwndProcess <> 0 Then
                'Get an array of the module handles for the specified process
                lngReturn = EnumProcessModules(lngHwndProcess, lngModules(1), 200, lngCBSize2)

                'If the Module Array is retrieved, Get the ModuleFileName
                If lngReturn <> 0 Then

                    'Buffer with spaces first to allocate memory for byte array
                    strModuleName = Space(MAX_PATH)

                    'Must be set prior to calling API
                    lngSize = 500

                    'Get Process Name
                    lngReturn = GetModuleFileNameExA(lngHwndProcess, lngModules(1), strModuleName, lngSize)

                    'Remove trailing spaces
                    strProcessName = Left(strModuleName, lngReturn)
                   
                     'get the long path and file name
                    strProcessName = GetLongFilename(strProcessName)

                   'Check for Matching Upper case result
                    strProcessName = UCase$(Trim$(strProcessName))

                    strProcName2 = GetElement(Trim(Replace(strProcessName, Chr$(0), "")), "\", 0, 0, GetNumElements(Trim(Replace(strProcessName, Chr$(0), "")), "\") - 1)
                    If strProcName2 = EXEName Then
                        GetProcesses = True
                    End If
                End If
            End If
            'Close the handle to this process
            lngReturn = CloseHandle(lngHwndProcess)
            DoEvents
        Next

    End Select

IsProcessRunning_Exit:

'Exit early to avoid error handler
Exit Function
Error_handler:
    Err.Raise Err, Err.Source, "ProcessInfo", Error
    Resume Next
End Function


Public Function GetVersion() As Long
    Dim osinfo As OSVERSIONINFO
    Dim retvalue As Integer

    On Error Resume Next
    osinfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = 148
    osinfo.szCSDVersion = Space$(128)
    retvalue = GetVersionExA(osinfo)
    GetVersion = osinfo.dwPlatformId
End Function

Public Function StrZToStr(s As String) As String

    On Error Resume Next
    StrZToStr = Left$(s, Len(s) - 1)
End Function

Public Function GetElement(ByVal strList As String, ByVal strDelimiter As String, ByVal lngNumColumns As Long, ByVal lngRow As Long, ByVal lngColumn As Long) As String
    Dim lngCounter As Long

    On Error Resume Next
    ' Append delimiter text to the end of the list as a terminator.
    strList = strList & strDelimiter

    ' Calculate the offset for the item required based on the number of columns the list
    ' 'strList' has i.e. 'lngNumColumns' and from which row the element is to be
    ' selected i.e. 'lngRow'.
    lngColumn = IIf(lngRow = 0, lngColumn, (lngRow * lngNumColumns) + lngColumn)

    ' Search for the 'lngColumn' item from the list 'strList'.
    For lngCounter = 0 To lngColumn - 1

        ' Remove each item from the list.
        strList = Mid$(strList, InStr(strList, strDelimiter) + Len(strDelimiter), Len(strList))

        ' If list becomes empty before 'lngColumn' is found then just
        ' return an empty string.
        If Len(strList) = 0 Then
            GetElement = ""
            Exit Function
        End If

    Next lngCounter

    ' Return the sought list element.
    GetElement = Left$(strList, InStr(strList, strDelimiter) - 1)
End Function

Public Function GetNumElements(ByVal strList As String, ByVal strDelimiter As String) As Integer
    Dim intElementCount As Integer

    On Error Resume Next
    ' If no elements in the list 'strList' then just return 0.
    If Len(strList) = 0 Then
        GetNumElements = 0
        Exit Function
    End If

    ' Append delimiter text to the end of the list as a terminator.
    strList = strList & strDelimiter

    ' Count the number of elements in 'strlist'
    While InStr(strList, strDelimiter) > 0
        intElementCount = intElementCount + 1
        strList = Mid$(strList, InStr(strList, strDelimiter) + 1, Len(strList))
    Wend

    ' Return the number of elements in 'strList'.
    GetNumElements = intElementCount
End Function

Public Function GetLongFilename(ByVal sShortName As String) As String

    Dim sLongName As String
    Dim sTemp As String
    Dim iSlashPos As Integer
   
    On Error Resume Next
    'Add \ to short name to prevent Instr from failing
    sShortName = sShortName & "\"
   
    'Start from 4 to ignore the "[Drive Letter]:\" characters
    iSlashPos = InStr(4, sShortName, "\")
   
    'Pull out each string between \ character for conversion
    While iSlashPos
      sTemp = Dir(Left$(sShortName, iSlashPos - 1), _
        vbNormal + vbHidden + vbSystem + vbDirectory)
      If sTemp = "" Then
        'Error 52 - Bad File Name or Number
        GetLongFilename = ""
        Exit Function
      End If
      sLongName = sLongName & "\" & sTemp
      iSlashPos = InStr(iSlashPos + 1, sShortName, "\")
    Wend
   
    'Prefix with the drive letter
    GetLongFilename = Left$(sShortName, 2) & sLongName
End Function

I recognise that code!

A simple answer requested, a simple answer recieved.  I will know the window title, as I am running the app from a shell call inside the VB app.

Thanks much

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Of course, this is simpler :)

Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long


Private Sub Form_Load()

   Dim WinWnd As Long, Ret As String

   'Ask for a Window title
   Ret = InputBox("Enter the exact window title:" + Chr$(13) + Chr$(10) + "Note: must be an exact match")

   'Search the window
   WinWnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, Ret)
   If WinWnd = 0 Then MsgBox "Couldn't find the window ...": Exit Sub


End Sub