> Check out this link :
> http://www.gotdotnet.com/userfiles/jonwells/OneInstance.zip

> BR

> Fabien Decret
> Windows Embedded Consultant

> ADENEO (ADESET)
> http://www.adeneo.adetelgroup.com/

> Guus Davidson a écrit :

> > Hi,

> > I am pretty new to c# development / compact frame work so if  this is a dumb
> > question I appologise.

> > I have a application that has multiple forms, the main form owns and
> > launches a splash screen, then once the loading is all done I ditch the
> > splash screen.

> > My problem is that during the start up it is possible for me to launch
> > multiple instances of my application.

> > I am quiet unsure why this is happening, I am doing the main loading of my
> > applications engine  in the method called from the forms load event. It seems
> > that up to a certain point it is possible to create a new instances of the
> > application, but then after a certain point it brings the loaded instance to
> > the foreground rather than creating a new one.

> > I have been looking into a few ways to try and solve this and am familiair
> > with using named mutexes in other languages but it seems that this isn't
> > supported.
> > How is it possible to complish this in C# using the compact framework API.
> > I've tried using the method call

> > iMutex.WaitOne();

> > but all this does is stack up instances of my application until the current
> > application is killed.

> > I've seen a  few postings in the news groups about using unmanaged code to
> > create the mutex, is this really the only solution ?

> > I hope my posting is clear and someone out there can explain where I am
> > going wrong.

> > thanks in advance

> > Guus Davidson