openProcesses | |||||||
Type | function | ||||||
Dictionary | LCS | ||||||
Library | LiveCode Script | ||||||
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Summary | Returns the names of processes that have been opened with the open process command, but have not yet exited. | ||||||
Introduced | 1.0 | ||||||
OS | mac, windows, linux | ||||||
Platforms | desktop, server | ||||||
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Related | Operator: there is no Command: open process, kill, read from process Glossary: exit, command, return, process Control Structure: function | ||||||
Security | process | ||||||
Description | Use the openProcesses function to find out which processes need to be closed, or to check whether a process is already running before communicating with it. The list of process names is in the same order used by openProcessIDs function, which is the same order that the processes were opened. Programs that were not started by LiveCode are not included in the list returned by the openProcesses function. |