Another Instance is already running ?

Description

This code verifies how many instances of a given process name is running on the machine.

More Info

ByVal pstrProcessName as String

True if there is another instance or False is there isn't

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By	George F Richardson
Level	Beginner
User Rating	4.0 (8 globes from 2 users)
Compatibility	VB.NET
Category	Algorithims
World	.Net (C#, VB.net)
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Source Code

Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.ComponentModel
Public Clas TestClas 'It's wrong because pscode.com doesn't accept the word Clas (with 2 s).
  Public Function prevInstance(ByVal pstrProcessName as string) As Boolean
    Dim lblnRet As Boolean = False
    Dim lintInst As Integer
    lintInst = UBound(Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(pstrProcessName))
    If lintInst > 0 Then
      lblnRet = True
    End If
    Return lblnRet
  End Function
End Clas