Prevent multiple sessions of FoxPro 1

[Menglish]

I have a client who daily opens multiple sessions of FoxPro with obvious results. What is the procedure (through the registry?) of preventing this.

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Millard

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Menglish

FoxPro or an application written in FoxPro? If its the second one, there are a least three solutions in the FAQ in this forum. Example is faq184-1767. Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.

 

[Menglish]

Hi Mike,

They are loading FoxPro over and over. When I got to their office Monday, the guy was complaining that the program was "frozen". A quick check revealed he had opened FoxPro about 7 times.

Is there a way to remove the icon from the desktop when FoxPro is running and return it when he exits?

I read of a procedure for preventing multiple sessions in that past but have no idea if it was FoxPro or MSDN or from a periodical.

Thanks again,

Millard

 

[rgbean]

Millard,
Does this user also require a fix to Word or Excel because he opens it multiple times? Why is someone this "computer unsophistocated" running the VFP Developer Environment? Why not provide an application using Mike's FAQ code?

Of course, if none of the above makes a difference, why not add an explicit reference to a CONFIG.FPW file in his shortcut. In this file include a _STARTUP line that points to a program that uses Mike's FAQ code.

Rick

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Rick

Does this user also require a fix to Word or Excel because he opens it multiple times? Why is someone this "computer unsophistocated" running the VFP Developer Environment? Why not provide an application using Mike's FAQ code?

Excellent point!
Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.

 

[xBaseDude]

Does this user also require a fix to Word or Excel because he opens it multiple times?

Old developer to me as young man when talking about user interface.

"Try as you might, there is just no coding for stupidity!"

...all this and tap dancing too!

 

[Mike Lewis]

Millard,

I totally agree with Mike and Rick, and I hope you are able to follow their advice.

For your information, there is another way of detecting multiple instances that you might find useful. See my article at:

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk/foxst-11.htm

Mike
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk