[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: How to know if application already runni

[Benjamin Pasero <bpasero@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Spiewak wrote:

> You have several options on this one, only one of them having to do
> with SWT itself.  The Display class has a method which returns an
> array of all the Shell(s) open on that Display.  Alternatively, you
> can use file-locking, even server sockets to implement the behavior.

As far as I can see, a new Display class is created with each new SWT
application. So, how should one display
know of the Shells of another application? I dont think (and checked)
that its working.

sockets seem to be the best (and most common) way to achieve this.

Ben

>
> Daniel
>
> Doug Pearson wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to detect from one SWT application if another SWT
>> application is already running?
>>
>> In Windows the usual solution to this was using ::FindWindow() to
>> look for the window class (or name).
>>
>> Is there anything like that or any alternative available in SWT?
>>
>> Doug
>>