Re: Forcing Single Instance Of Application
On Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:54:24 PM UTC-4, none wrote:
ScottMcP [MVP] wrote:
This works perfectly.
It doesn't, really. The mutex approach suggested by David is a better
way to detect another instance, then WM_COPYDATA is great for sending
the parameter.
But a mad mouse clicker can possibly launch several instances of your
app before the first windows are displayed, so using EnumWindow is not
the best way to detect another instance. Using CreateMutex right at
the beginning of execution largely eliminates this vulnerable time
interval.
You're right, but getting a little philosophical for an MFC thread, I
usually lean toward the notion of "You get what you deserve" in situations
like that. I used to be completely OCD about my code and try to idiot-
proof everything to death. As we all know here, nature will always build a
better idiot.
Someone could write a script to launch multiple instances before your mutex
code is reached, right? :)
I've had customers who felt that giving a program the "mad mouse clicker" test was legitimate to test robustness.
Even in the case of a devious script I am confident that one, and only one, instance will get the mutex ownership, and thus become the one and only instance that is allowed to proceed.
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