Check for Open Application

[Not Thisguy]

Hello,

I am trying to write a simple script and all I need to do is check if
there is all ready a running instance of the word application. I look
and couldn't find much on google how to do this...which probably means
it's really easy, so I'm sorry for this post but I'm still learning

Thanks in advance for your help!


koooee

 

[Tobias Weber]

there is all ready a running instance of the word application. I look

Microsoft Word?

and couldn't find much on google how to do this...which probably means

Which OS?
On the Mac you can use Apple Events or NSWorkspace through various
bridges.

 

[Not Thisguy]

Microsoft Word?

Yes Microsfot Word

Which OS?
On the Mac you can use Apple Events or NSWorkspace through various
bridges.

Windows Vista is the OS.


Thanks for the interest!

koooee

 

[David Mullet]

Hello,

I am trying to write a simple script and all I need to do is check if
there is all ready a running instance of the word application. I look
and couldn't find much on google how to do this...which probably means
it's really easy, so I'm sorry for this post but I'm still learning

Thanks in advance for your help!


koooee

One option is to try to connect to a running instance of Word. If there
is no running instance of Word, a WIN32OLERuntimeError exception will be
raised. So you could do the following:

require 'win32ole'

begin
word = WIN32OLE.connect('Word.Application')
rescue WIN32OLERuntimeError
word = WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application')
word.Visible = true
end

David

http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com
http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/search/label/word

 

[Not Thisguy]

One option is to try to connect to a running instance of Word. If there
is no running instance of Word, a WIN32OLERuntimeError exception will be
raised. So you could do the following:

require 'win32ole'

begin
word = WIN32OLE.connect('Word.Application')
rescue WIN32OLERuntimeError
word = WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application')
word.Visible = true
end

David

http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com
http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/search/label/word

Awsome thank you so much!!