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Limiting an Application to a Single Instance - The MFC Way

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Another approach for limiting application instance
In this article, you will find another approach to limit application to a single instance in the MFC way.
// MainFrm.h : interface of the CMainFrame class
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#if !defined(AFX_MAINFRM_H__F2B7B38F_0043_406C_8FC7_3A058682DDAF__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_MAINFRM_H__F2B7B38F_0043_406C_8FC7_3A058682DDAF__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER > 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER > 1000

class CMainFrame : public CMDIFrameWnd
{
	DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CMainFrame)
public:
	CMainFrame();

// Attributes
public:

// Operations
public:

// Overrides
	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CMainFrame)
	virtual BOOL PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs);
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
public:
	virtual ~CMainFrame();
#ifdef _DEBUG
	virtual void AssertValid() const;
	virtual void Dump(CDumpContext& dc) const;
#endif

protected:  // control bar embedded members
	CStatusBar  m_wndStatusBar;
	CToolBar    m_wndToolBar;

// Generated message map functions
protected:
	//{{AFX_MSG(CMainFrame)
	afx_msg int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
		// NOTE - the ClassWizard will add and remove member functions here.
		//    DO NOT EDIT what you see in these blocks of generated code!
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.

#endif // !defined(AFX_MAINFRM_H__F2B7B38F_0043_406C_8FC7_3A058682DDAF__INCLUDED_)

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