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	2	%% Name: snglinst.tex
	3	%% Purpose: wxSingleInstanceChecker documentation
	4	%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
	5	%% Modified by:
	6	%% Created: 08.06.01
	7	%% RCS-ID: $Id$
	8	%% Copyright: (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin
	9	%% License: wxWindows license
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	11
	12	\section{\class{wxSingleInstanceChecker}}\label{wxsingleinstancechecker}
	13
	14	wxSingleInstanceChecker class allows to check that only a single instance of a
	15	program is running. To do it, you should create an object of this class. As
	16	long as this object is alive, calls to
	17	\helpref{IsAnotherRunning()}{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning} from
	18	other processes will return {\tt TRUE}.
	19
	20	As the object should have the life span as big as possible, it makes sense to
	21	create it either as a global or in \helpref{wxApp::OnInit}{wxapponinit}. For
	22	example:
	23
	24	\begin{verbatim}
	25	bool MyApp::OnInit()
	26	{
	27	const wxString name = wxString::Format("MyApp-%s", wxGetUserId().c_str());
	28	m_checker = new wxSingleInstanceChecker(name);
	29	if ( m_checker->IsAnotherRunning() )
	30	{
	31	wxLogError(_("Another program instance is already running, aborting."));
	32
	33	return FALSE;
	34	}
	35
	36	... more initializations ...
	37
	38	return TRUE;
	39	}
	40
	41	int MyApp::OnExit()
	42	{
	43	delete m_checker;
	44
	45	return 0;
	46	}
	47	\end{verbatim}
	48
	49	Note using \helpref{wxGetUserId()}{wxgetuserid} to construct the name: this
	50	allows different user to run the application concurrently which is usually the
	51	intended goal. If you don't use the user name in the wxSingleInstanceChecker
	52	name, only one user would be able to run the application at a time.
	53
	54	This class is implemented for Win32 and Unix platforms (supporting {\tt fcntl()}
	55	system call, but almost all of modern Unix systems do) only.
	56
	57	\wxheading{Derived from}
	58
	59	No base class
	60
	61	\wxheading{Include files}
	62
	63	<wx/snglinst.h>
	64
	65	\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
	66
	67	\membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::wxSingleInstanceChecker}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckerctor}
	68
	69	\func{}{wxSingleInstanceChecker}{\void}
	70
	71	Default ctor, use \helpref{Create()}{wxsingleinstancecheckercreate} after it.
	72
	73	\membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::wxSingleInstanceChecker}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckerwxsingleinstancechecker}
	74
	75	\func{}{wxSingleInstanceChecker}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{path = wxEmptyString}}
	76
	77	Like \helpref{Create()}{wxsingleinstancecheckercreate} but without
	78	error checking.
	79
	80	\membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::Create}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckercreate}
	81
	82	\func{bool}{Create}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{path = wxEmptyString}}
	83
	84	Initialize the object if it had been created using the default constructor.
	85	Note that you can't call Create() more than once, so calling it if the
	86	\helpref{non default ctor}{wxsingleinstancecheckerwxsingleinstancechecker}
	87	had been used is an error.
	88
	89	\wxheading{Parameters}
	90
	91	\docparam{name}{must be given and be as unique as possible. It is used as the
	92	mutex name under Win32 and the lock file name under Unix.
	93	\helpref{GetAppName()}{wxappgetappname} and \helpref{wxGetUserId()}{wxgetuserid}
	94	are commonly used to construct this parameter.}
	95
	96	\docparam{path}{is optional and is ignored under Win32 and used as the directory to
	97	create the lock file in under Unix (default is
	98	\helpref{wxGetHomeDir()}{wxgethomedir})}
	99
	100	\wxheading{Return value}
	101
	102	Returns {\tt FALSE} if initialization failed, it doesn't mean that another
	103	instance is running - use
	104	\helpref{IsAnotherRunning()}{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning} to check
	105	for it.
	106
	107	\membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::IsAnotherRunning}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning}
	108
	109	\constfunc{bool}{IsAnotherRunning}{\void}
	110
	111	Returns {\tt TRUE} if another copy of this program is already running, {\tt
	112	FALSE} otherwise.
	113
	114	\membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::\destruct{wxSingleInstanceChecker}}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckerdtor}
	115
	116	\func{}{\destruct{wxSingleInstanceChecker}}{\void}
	117
	118	Destructor frees the associated resources.
	119
	120	Note that it is not virtual, this class is not meant to be used polymorphically
	121