[RESOLVED] get new process and execute action to it

[Cristea221]

What i would like to do is:

1.the user will load a file with some strings in a listview with 3 columns

2.a timer will run and see if a new process that is not in the listview is opened(i want to get the mainmodule.filename of the process and compare it to ListView1.Items.Item(index).SubItems(2).Text (which is the third column)

3.if it is not in the list then form2.show else if it is in the list check to see what column 2 say about it .subitems(1).text
at nr 3 i thought of something like this in case it's not detected in the list

Dim Frm as new Form2
Frm.text = process.processname
Frm.tag = process.mainmodule.filename
Frm.Show

and cause of this i don't want to be spammed by forms with the same process, so make something that will ignore that item,but not stop the timer in case new processes start

So i need help at point 2 and 3

[dunfiddlin]

so make something that will ignore that item

If you want the timer to continue then surely the thing to do is to add the new process to the ListView or at least a second list that will also be checked on each tick?

You are however going to have problems with getting the module filename of many system processes as access is denied even at the highest permissions level.

[Cristea221]

so how do i check a process (string) with the listview1 string and if it is there do nothing else start form2?

 Dim proc As New Process
        For Each proc In Process.GetProcesses
            For i = 0 To ListView1.Items.Count - 1
                If ListView1.Items.Item(i).SubItems(1).Text = proc.MainModule.FileName Then
                    If ListView1.Items.Item(i).SubItems(2).Text = "BL" Then
                        'do nothing maybe a later time make it do something
                    End If
                Else
                    ListView1.Items.Add(proc.ProcessName)
                    ListView1.Items.Item(ListView1.Items.Count - 1).SubItems.Add(proc.MainModule.FileName)
                    ListView1.Items.Item(ListView1.Items.Count - 1).SubItems.Add("AL")
                    Dim frm As New form2
                    frm.show()
                End If
            Next
        Next

it doesnt do what i want , just spamms me and the listview with different items
i know that in the above code it takes each item for each process and thats why i get spammed but how would i just check the process for all the items in listview 1 without doing a for i 0 to items.count-1

[dunfiddlin]

If you're checking all values, no matter what they are nor in what context, you have to use a loop (be it explicit or implicit as in LINQ). There simply is no alternative.

[Cristea221]

i still don't get it what am i supposed to do?
can u help me with the code because it stresses me, i get more problems than solutions