How to tell if Total Commnader is running?

graham_k · Post by *graham_k » 2013-02-02, 02:05 UTC

Is there an official, approved, way to tell if Total Commnader is running?

Vochomurka · Post by *Vochomurka » 2013-02-02, 06:55 UTC

If window with class TTOTAL_CMD exists. I don't know whether this is "official" way, but it is really approved.

Bluestar · Post by *Bluestar » 2013-02-02, 16:56 UTC

In case you are writing an addon that needs to co-operate / rely on a running TC, you can also try to expand the "%COMMANDER_INI%" environment variable, since Total Commander versions above 7.00 will instantly return your application the exact configuration file path of the current TC instance, in case the app has been started by Total Commander.

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2013-02-02, 21:08 UTC

2graham_k

Use FindWindow to find TC window class name TTOTAL_CMD

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2013-02-04, 14:06 UTC

%COMMANDER_INI% is only available when a program was loaded from within Total Commander, not from Explorer. Therefore better use the method suggested by ts4242.

Bluestar · Post by *Bluestar » 2013-02-04, 14:17 UTC

Yes, thats true - thats why I noticed "in case the app has been started by Total Commander" in my previous post - searching for TTOTAL_CMD class is a more universal way for sure.

For any other special cases, expanding the envvar can be a better solution though (e.g. when an addon _shouldn't_ work without a running Total Commander & it is needed to be run directly from TC).