Check a process is running or not

[alemrantareq]

Hi everybody, I've got a vbscript for checking whether a process is running or not. I'm going to check whether "notepad.exe" is running or not. Here is the vbscript -

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Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
Set colProcessList = GetObject("Winmgmts:").ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Process")

For Each objProcess in colProcessList
If objProcess.name = "notepad.exe" then
vFound = True
End if
Next

If vFound then
msgbox("found")
Else
msgbox("not found")
End If

It works perfect in .vbs mode. Then I've put the above in a btn's custom property. I've just modified this code a little so that rev can work with it. The modified part is -

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If vFound then
result = "Found"
Else
result = "Not Found"
End If

Then made the btn script like this -

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on mouseUp
   do the cVBScript of me as "vbscript"
   put the result into tResult
   answer tResult
end mouseUp

It says

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execution error

As I've no knowledge on vbscript, somebody pls help me correcting the script. I'm waiting for the sound reply & to complete my pending project. Replies r most appreciated.

[RRobert]

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")

Set WshShell=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Robert

[alemrantareq]

Thanks RRobert, That's really works !!!

[AndyP]

Thanks alemrantareq,

This is a great utility script.

[chinedukoggu]

Good day to everyone.

I recently joined this fantastic community and want some guidance regarding livecode.
Similar to the line questioning regarding the monitoring of an application - I wish to create a utility to monitor designated processes or applications via the windows eventlog system.

The requirements are to be able to:
1. List All running services.
2. List all currently running applications
3. Select the appropriate services or applications to be monitored by this utility (via a checkbox)
4. When a level of a particular event occurs such as a warning or an error - a small extract of the warning and the service name is compiled into a short message and sent.

Is there any LiveCode function that currently meets this requirement or do i have to utilize VBscript or powershell to monitor these events and then pass the message .

[Klaus]

Hi chinedukoggu,

first, welcome to the forum

...
Is there any LiveCode function that currently meets this requirement or do i have to utilize
VBscript or powershell to monitor these events and then pass the message.

The latter one.

For platform/system-specific tasks always use "shell" (OS X/Windows/Linux) and/or
VB (Windows) or AppleScript (Mac) if possible, VIA LiveCode of course!
LiveCode itself does not provide these special means.


Best

Klaus

[mwieder]

You may want to read up on the Windows eventtriggers command. And then use LiveCode's shell command to generate the proper triggers and monitor for status results.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... 10%29.aspx