Re: Best way to check if a certain program is running

One way to do that is to send a program message to the program and then do a
receive message (using the message key) to see if the message was received
by the program you were looking for.

Bob Cozzi
Cozzi Consulting
www.rpgiv.com

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Subject: RE: Best way to check if a certain program is running

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

 2. Re: Best way to check if a certain program is running
    (David Gibbs)

Malchow, Grizzly wrote:

I'm trying to find a command or API that I can use that will let me know
if a program is currently running. Does anyone know of one that I could
use in a program that would do that? The command or API will need to
take place behind the scenes, so I'm not looking for an interactive
command.

In the current job or another job?

Actually executing instructions or just anywhere in a call stack? Only in
active activation groups or merely in an activation group that hasn't been
reclaimed yet?

I.e., what exactly is meant by "running"? Or maybe better, what need is
being addressed? There may be alternatives that can be used.

Tom Liotta