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Constrain a single instance of an SWT application! [message #449348]

Sat, 22 January 2005 22:32

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Originally posted by: shaffin.email.uophx.edu

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Hello All,

I have an SWT application and wanted to know if there any simple =
mechanism of identifying an already running instance of the application. =
I only want a single instance of my application to run and not allow the =
user to launch another instance of my application. Any thoughts/ideas??

Shaffin.

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Re: Constrain a single instance of an SWT application! [message #449446 is a reply to message #449348]

Mon, 24 January 2005 17:56

Steve Northover

Messages: 1636
Registered: July 2009

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On Windows, many native applications use the operating system call =
FindWindow() to see whether a particular window class has been =
registered and a window has been created of that class.

"SHAFFIN BHANJI" <shaffin@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message =
news:csuk9t$3vr$1@www.eclipse.org...
Hello All,

I have an SWT application and wanted to know if there any simple =
mechanism of identifying an already running instance of the application. =
I only want a single instance of my application to run and not allow the =
user to launch another instance of my application. Any thoughts/ideas??

Shaffin.

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have an SWT application and wanted to know if =
there any=20
simple mechanism of identifying an already running instance of the=20
application. I only want a single instance of my application to run =
and not=20
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Re: Constrain a single instance of an SWT application! [message #449453 is a reply to message #449348]

Mon, 24 January 2005 18:40

L.M. Fridael

Messages: 16
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

SHAFFIN BHANJI wrote:
> I have an SWT application and wanted to know if there any simple
> mechanism of identifying an already running instance of the application.
> I only want a single instance of my application to run and not allow the
> user to launch another instance of my application. Any thoughts/ideas??

A cross-platform solution is to let your app create a server socket on
some unused port (i.e. a port not used by major protocols like FTP,
HTTP, POP3, etc). If the server socket can't be created, it means
another instance of the app is already active. (You could then send an
"activation" message to the server socket.)

On Windows I usually create native EXE launchers that instantiate the
JVM through JNI invocation. The EXE creates a Win32 Mutex to prevent
multiple instances from being started. Obviously, this is a
Win32-specific solution.

Regards
-Laurens

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