EnumProcesses and SKD's

[luq]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the function EnumProcesses to check whether a process is running or not. But when I try to compile it, it returns an error, (which I don't get). I've looked up some stuff on google, and some pages adviced to install some kind a SDK. I'm using the MingW compiler now, (on Windows XP with Code::Blocks) but I have no idea which SDK, and were (probably MSDN?) I should download it. Does anybody knows something about which SDK I should use (if I really need to use one to compile this code).

These are my errors:

C:\Source\list_processes.o:list_processes.cpp:(.text+0x16c): undefined reference to `_EnumProcesses@12'
C:\Source\list_processes.o:list_processes.cpp:(.text+0x222): undefined reference to `_GetModuleBaseNameA@16'

On the following peace of code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include "psapi.h"

using namespace std;
bool isRunning(string pName)
{
	unsigned long aProcesses[1024], cbNeeded, cProcesses;
	if(!EnumProcesses(aProcesses, sizeof(aProcesses), &cbNeeded))
		return false;

	cProcesses = cbNeeded / sizeof(unsigned long);
	for(unsigned int i = 0; i < cProcesses; i++)
	{
		if(aProcesses[i] == 0)
			continue;

		HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ, 0, aProcesses[i]);
		char buffer[50];
		GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, 0, buffer, 50);
		CloseHandle(hProcess);
		if(pName == string(buffer))
			return true;
	}
	return false;
}


int main()
{
    if(isRunning("MSPAINT.EXE"))
    {
        cout << "Mspaint is running!" << endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "MSPaint is not running!" << endl;
    }

return 0;
}

[z05DSL3A]

You have to tell the linker to use Psapi.lib for those undefined functions. Check to see if it is already available.

Windows SDK can be downloaded here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F26B1AA4-741A-433A-9BE5-FA919850BDBF&displaylang=en
but check if you need it, it is also a DVD ISO image.

[luq]

Thanks, I've found the MSDN thread with the same info, but the last time I tried to edit something in the compiler/linker, it killed my IDE's for 2 days. Is there some reference on the internet, or can someone give me one, how to tell the linker to use a certain lib?

Best regards, Luke