Question

Background

I am automating some Office application (Word and PowerPoint) via command-line tool.

One thing my tool needs to do is locate all the running instances of Word.

I know how to get a reference to one of the instances…

Object running_obj = null; {     running_obj = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject(progid); } catch (System.Exception) {     //failed to find the object; } if (running_obj!=null) {    var running_obj_type = System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID(progid);    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application running_obj_wrapper;    running_obj_wrapper =              (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application)             System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.CreateWrapperOfType(                   running_obj, running_obj_type); } 

My question

How to find all the instances of the application I am looking for, not just one of them.

NOTE: Although my specifics question is about Office applications, am am also interested in answers that are more general.

Answer 1

Have not tried it. But it looks like the right solution. From Oliver Bock blog.