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ProcessMBS class

// Shows how to use the processInformationCFDictionary function to
// decide on Mac OS X whether an application is a background only one.

Var myProcess as ProcessMBS
Var myCFDictionary as CFDictionaryMBS
Var myCFBoolean as CFBooleanMBS
Var myCFObject as CFObjectMBS

myProcess=new ProcessMBS
myProcess.GetCurrentProcess
myCFDictionary = CFDictionaryMBS(myProcess.processInformationCFDictionary)
myCFObject = myCFDictionary.Value(newcfstringmbs("LSBackgroundOnly"))
myCFBoolean=CFBooleanMBS(myCFObject)

if myCFBoolean.Value then
  MsgBox "is background"
else
  MsgBox "is not background"
end if

• 15 properties
  • property CPUTime as Integer
  • property CurrentProcess as boolean
  • property flags as Integer
  • property FrontProcess as boolean
  • property lasterror as Integer
  • property LaunchProcess as ProcessMBS
  • property MacCreator as string
  • property MacType as string
  • property MemoryFree as Integer
  • property MemorySize as Integer
  • property Name as string
  • property Path as folderitem
  • property ProcessID as Integer
  • property Visible as boolean
  • property Priority as Integer
• property Priority(ProcessID as Integer) as Integer
• 21 methods
  • method Bundle as folderitem
  • method BundleID as string
  • method GetCurrentProcess
  • method GetfirstProcess
  • method GetFrontProcess
  • method GetNextProcess as boolean
  • method GetProcess(serial as memoryblock)
  • method KillProcess as Integer
  • method KillProcess(timeoutms as Integer) as Integer
  • method MacProcessSerial as memoryblock
  • method ProcessInformationCFDictionary as object
  • method QuitProcess as Integer
  • method SameAs(other as ProcessMBS) as boolean
  • method SetFrontProcessWithOptions(options as Integer)
  • method SetServiceMode(ismode as boolean) as boolean
  • method TransformProcessType(mode as Integer) as Integer
  • method TransformToForegroundApplication as Integer
  • method Update
  • method WinFullProcessImagePath as string
  • method WinModulePath as string
  • method WinProcessImagePath as string
• 4 shared methods
  • shared method CurrentProcessID as Integer
  • shared method KillProcess(ProcessID as Integer, timeout as Integer) as Integer
  • shared method WinGetPriorityClass(ProcessID as Integer) as Integer
  • shared method WinSetPriorityClass(ProcessID as Integer, PriorityClass as Integer) as Integer
• 3 constants

Process Transformation Types

This class has no sub classes.

Some properties using for this class:

• ProcessMBS.LaunchProcess as ProcessMBS

Some examples using this class:

• /MacCF/Carbon Events/Carbon Events Test
• /MacCG/CGS/CGS Windows
• /Main/MBS Plugin Manager/MBS Plugin Manager
• /Util/Disable force quit Win
• /Util/Make Foreground Process
• /Util/Process/Process Example
• /Util/Process/Process Information
• /Util/Process/Process Paths
• /Util/Restart App on Mac
• /Util/SignalHandler/Signal Handler Flag Test

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