Macro to test if specific program is open

randybass · Post by **randybass** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:00 pm

Please assist me with the following:

I am trying to create a Macro that will test to see if a program is open in Windows XP. If the program is currently open, do nothing and if the program is not open, run the program.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:14 pm

What program are you running?
Does it normally have a window?
.....If YES, What is the title of the window?
Will the window title always be the same?
.....If NO, how does it change for different conditions?

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:15 am

Depends what you mean by "open", if you just mean running you could test for its process name with isprocessrunning as described in this tip by support http://www.mjtnet.com/usergroup/viewtop ... essrunning

tony_smith · Post by **tony_smith** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:00 pm

Here is part of a script I use to test if the application Tppcsrvr is running. You can get pstools off the net as freeware, just Google it.

Also, ReadFile works faster, but... this ain't broke.

Remark> pslist.exe is part of PStools
Run Program>Cmd /c pslist tppc >U:\Reports\Temp\taskq.txt
Wait>5
Let>x=0
Label>START
Let>x=x+1
ReadLn>U:\Reports\Temp\taskq.txt,x,LINE1
If>LINE1=,START
If>LINE1=##EOF##,EML
Position>Tppcsrvr,%LINE1%,1,LINPOS
If>LINPOS=0,START
Label>EML

Hope this is helpful