f$GetPID

This function calculates the ID for a given process name. (This number can also be verified in the task manager). A process ID that is already known can be entered instead of the process name in order to check if the process is still running. Note: for the latter you must enter the process ID as a string.

Syntax:	PID = f$GetPID(Processname)
	Argument	Type	Meaning
	Program	String	Program name or PID
Result:	Integer	Process ID for the process or –1 if the process is not running.
Example:	PID = f$createprocess('','notepad.exe c:\\temp\\brief.txt','','') PID = f$GetPID(f$FormatNumber(PID,'#')) if PID > 0 then Notepad.exe has not been closed