[RESOLVED] VB 2005 - Get process name programmatically

[tomroth]

If I start a program via "Process.Start(c:\...)", is there a way of obtaining the "process name" of said program for use in "Process.GetProcessesByName(...).Length" or any other way?

Thanks!

[jmcilhinney]

This is why you should read the documentation for the types and methods you use. Doing that would have told you that Process.Start is a function, not a procedure. That means that it returns a value, which in this case is a Process object representing the process you just started. The Process class has a ProcessName property.

[tomroth]

It says there is a Process.ProcessName property, I see that, but when I type it in, intellisense doesn't give me anything. Why would that be?

[jmcilhinney]

[tomroth]

Thanks. Remember, I am relatively new to VB. I am trying to do this myself as best I can. But really, thanks.