detect whether ie is running or not

[rajanji]

I want to create a windows app which can display a message box whenever i open or close the internet explorer window. As the internet explorer window is opened a messagebox showing that "internet window is now opened" and when it is closed a msgbox showing "ie window is closed".
Kindly help this newbie in writing the code for the same that how can my app made in vb.net detects that ie is opened.

Thanx a million in advance.
Regards,
rajan arora

[CroCrew]

Hello rajanji,

Here is a start for you:

    Function InternetExplorerRunning() As Boolean
        Dim a As Array = Process.GetProcesses(".")
        Dim proc As Process
        Dim ReturnThis As Boolean = False

        For Each proc In a
            If proc.ProcessName.ToString = "iexplore" Then
                ReturnThis = True
            End If
        Next

        Return ReturnThis
    End Function

Happy Coding,
CroCrew~

[rajanji]

Sir i have written this coding given by you in Form_Load() event and used a msgbox to show theat "IE running" and if returnthis = False then Msgbox says "IE not running" and its working like a charm but one thing more i want to do is that i want the msgbox saying "IE not running" when Internet explorer is closed and again when the Internet Explorer is opened a Msgbox appears saying "IE running" . This is not happening it appears only once while the application runs . After that while the application is running there are no msgboxes displaying "IE Running" or "IE not running" .
How this can be done

Thanks for your support in advance
Regards,
Rajan Arora

[sashi]

User timer to monitor if IE is running

[JamieHowarth0]

A timer is perfect for this kind of thing, you need to poll the running process list regularly to test if iexplore.exe is present in the list.

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