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ProcessCheck.dll

ProcessCheck.dll is a Windows DLL (dynamically linked library) that allows an application to check if specified executable is running.

Author

Bill Stewart - bstewart at iname dot com

License

ProcessCheck.dll is covered by the GNU Lesser Public License (LPGL). See the file LICENSE for details.

Functions

This section documents the functions exported by ProcessCheck.dll.

FindProcess

The FindProcess function checks whether a specified executable file is running.

Syntax

C/C++:

DWORD FindProcess(LPWSTR PathName; PDWORD Found);

Pascal:

function FindProcess(PathName: UnicodeString; Found: PDWORD): DWORD;

Parameters

PathName

A Unicode string containing the full path and filename of the executable.

Found

A pointer to a value that gets set to 1 if the executable is running, or 0 if it is not running. This value is undefined if the function fails.

Return Value

The function returns 0 for success, or non-zero for failure. A non-zero value will be the Windows error code indicating the cause of the error.