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Shell.IsRunning

Queries whether application is running.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Shell 7.5 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No
MBS( "Shell.IsRunning"; ShellRef )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
ShellRef The reference number from the shell. $shell

Result

Returns 1 or 0 or error.

Description

Queries whether application is running.
Returns 1 if running or 0 if not.

Please use 8.2 or newer on FileMaker Cloud as Shell.Wait/Shell.IsRunning was broken there before.

See also

Release notes

Example Databases

Blog Entries

This function checks for a license.

Created 11st November 2017, last changed 14th May 2018


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