DE> 1) I am writing a program for OS/2 that I only want one 
DE> copy to load. How can I detect whether or not a copy is 
DE> already loaded at runtime?

The easiest way (although not very glamorous) is to create a file
(say: INUSE.TXT) when you enter the program and delete this file when
you leave...  

When you enter the program, before you create this file, check to see
if it exists.. If it does, assume the system is in use and prompt a
message.. otherwise, create it and continue..  (We do something similar
to this in Dos Clipper programming for Network applications at work..)
    l8r,
     Scott Davis
    [Team OS/2]

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