Class ProcessSingleton

Namespace

Ecng.ComponentModel

Assembly

Ecng.ComponentModel.dll

Provides functionality to ensure that only one instance of the application is running.

public static class ProcessSingleton

Inheritance

object

ProcessSingleton

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Methods

StartIsRunning(string)

Checks whether an instance of the application is already running.

public static bool StartIsRunning(string appKey)

Parameters

appKey string

A unique key used to enforce the single instance.

Returns

bool

True if this is the first instance and the mutex was successfully acquired; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

Thrown if the mutex has already been initialized.

StopIsRunning()

Releases all resources allocated by the StartIsRunning method.

public static void StopIsRunning()