limit application to one instance across multiple terminal session

[Guest Haakon D]

I am working with a terminal server (win 2003 sp2) that we have installed a

the 3rd party client application for our database on - however this app seems

to be limited to one licence per machine - and if two are detected one bombs

out and causes corruption. I want to ensure that no more than once instance

of the application is allowed to run on the server at anyone time - something

that simply informs the second user that *user* currently has the app open

etc would be fine.

 

I've read about mutexs etc - but these solutions all seem geared to someone

customising their own application to prevent multiple instances.

 

thanks for any advice

Haakon

[Guest ThomasT.]

Re: limit application to one instance across multiple terminal session

 

Hi,

 

You can try Remote Application Center (RAC) v3.0, it has this feature:,

download it from my website:

http://www.mqtechnologies.com/

It's freeware

 

Regards

 

Thomas T.

 

"Haakon D" <Haakon D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I am working with a terminal server (win 2003 sp2) that we have installed a

> the 3rd party client application for our database on - however this app

> seems

> to be limited to one licence per machine - and if two are detected one

> bombs

> out and causes corruption. I want to ensure that no more than once

> instance

> of the application is allowed to run on the server at anyone time -

> something

> that simply informs the second user that *user* currently has the app open

> etc would be fine.

>

> I've read about mutexs etc - but these solutions all seem geared to

> someone

> customising their own application to prevent multiple instances.

>

> thanks for any advice

> Haakon

[Guest Haakon D]

Re: limit application to one instance across multiple terminal ses

 

Re: limit application to one instance across multiple terminal ses

 

Hi Thomas - looks good.

 

Can this limit applications runing in a full terminal server session window

or only limit applications delivered by terminal services?

 

Can I for example install the RAConnector on the server for users to run

within a terminal server session?

 

thanks

Haakon

 

"ThomasT." wrote:

> Hi,

>

> You can try Remote Application Center (RAC) v3.0, it has this feature:,

> download it from my website:

> http://www.mqtechnologies.com/

> It's freeware

>

> Regards

>

> Thomas T.

>

> "Haakon D" <Haakon D@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B927E90A-3DA4-46BE-888D-8BB7A749F30F@microsoft.com...

> >I am working with a terminal server (win 2003 sp2) that we have installed a

> > the 3rd party client application for our database on - however this app

> > seems

> > to be limited to one licence per machine - and if two are detected one

> > bombs

> > out and causes corruption. I want to ensure that no more than once

> > instance

> > of the application is allowed to run on the server at anyone time -

> > something

> > that simply informs the second user that *user* currently has the app open

> > etc would be fine.

> >

> > I've read about mutexs etc - but these solutions all seem geared to

> > someone

> > customising their own application to prevent multiple instances.

> >

> > thanks for any advice

> > Haakon

>

>

>