application should be opened only once...

[softwaregeek]

hi all,
i have design a small project in vb 6 and I have made its EXE also.Now what i want is once i have started my exe than if i try to open it again than it shouldnt get opened i.e. only one instance is allowed to run at a time.

Thanx...

[vijaydiwakar]

hi all,
i have design a small project in vb 6 and I have made its EXE also.Now what i want is once i have started my exe than if i try to open it again than it shouldnt get opened i.e. only one instance is allowed to run at a time.

Thanx...

use registry for that
whenevr the application starts it will check the registry first if its alredy made then it will stops its execution
if not then update registry
u may try this with databse also

[softwaregeek]

use registry for that
whenevr the application starts it will check the registry first if its alredy made then it will stops its execution
if not then update registry
u may try this with databse also

ya diwakar i thought of database but feel that it wont be good idea
can u plz tel me how to access registry thru vb