Check for Open Application

Ruby
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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 :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance for your help!

koooee

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In article [email protected],
Not T. [email protected] wrote:

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.

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Tobias W. wrote:

In article [email protected],
Not T. [email protected] wrote:

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

Microsoft Word?

Yes Microsfot 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.

Windows Vista is the OS.

Thanks for the interest!

koooee

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Not T. wrote:

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 :slight_smile:

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

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David M. wrote:

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
Ruby on Windows: word

Awsome thank you so much!!