C#

//Namespaces we need to use
using System.Diagnostics;
 
public bool IsProcessOpen(string name)
{
        //here we're going to get a list of all running processes on
        //the computer
        foreach (Process clsProcess in Process.GetProcesses()) {
                //now we're going to see if any of the running processes
                //match the currently running processes. Be sure to not
                //add the .exe to the name you provide, i.e: NOTEPAD,
                //not NOTEPAD.EXE or false is always returned even if
                //notepad is running.
                //Remember, if you have the process running more than once,
                //say IE open 4 times the loop thr way it is now will close all 4,
                //if you want it to just close the first one it finds
                //then add a return; after the Kill
                if (clsProcess.ProcessName.Contains(name))
                {
                        //if the process is found to be running then we
                        //return a true
                        return true;
                }
        }
        //otherwise we return a false
        return false;
}

List<Process> pList = new List<Process>(Process.GetProcesses());
Process pSearch = pList.Find( delegate(Process p) 
{ return p.ProcessName.ToLower() == "notepad"; 
} );

Calla wrote:

Obviously I had not seen your reply when I wrote mine

Calla wrote:

and really, what is your problem?

digital man wrote:

You would say that, wouldn't you?

digital man wrote:

Okay, okay, sorry - bit pissed because it happen more than it used to: seems like people just trying to get rep points for no good reason.

Calla wrote:

Like J4amieC wrote: They were 3 minutes apart dude...

Calla wrote:

Yes.. getting rep points is really what life is all about, isn't it?

string strValue = "This. is .test .string. that. removes the (DOT) from the. string";
   strValue  = strValue.Replace(".",string.Empty);

string strValue = "This. is .test .string. that. removes the (DOT) from the. string";
   strValue  = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(strValue, @"\.+", "");

public static string RemoveSpecialChars(string str)
        {
            //string[] chars = new string[] { ",", ".", "/", "!", "@", "#", "$", "%", "^", "&", "*", "'", "\"", ";", "-", "_", "(", ")", ":", "|", "[", "]", " " };
            string[] chars = new string[] { "." };
            for (int i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
            {
                if (str.Contains(chars[i]))
                {
                    str = str.Replace(chars[i], "");
                }
            }
            return str;
        }

string strValue = "This. is .test .string. that. removes the (DOT) from the. string";
           strValue  = RemoveSpecialChars(strValue );