how do i check if a pid exists?

**aturner** · Mar 20th, 2002, 09:03 AM

can i do what is says on the tin ??? lol

jim mcnamara · Mar 21st, 2002, 01:29 PM

If you have a pid and want to see if the pid is a valid process

Code:

Private Declare Function GetPriorityClass Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long) As Long

if GetPriorityClass(hProcess) > 0 then
     ' process exists
else
     ' process does not exist
end if

**aturner** · Mar 22nd, 2002, 03:52 AM

hmmmm

seems to only return a 0 ....

any ideas?

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