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Asked: 2026-05-13T14:20:24+00:00

just a quickie (or maybe not:] ): Is it possible to get somehow list

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just a quickie (or maybe not:] ):

Is it possible to get somehow list of running applications/processes and, while running in background, check which process is active?

Additionally – if somehow, the answer was yes, is it possible to react for change of active window / application react just as if it was Event, or bind to it custom event (e.g. Event.SystemActiveAppChange)?

Thank you for answers as well as pointers.

EDIT: Due to probable missunderstanding, I mean local applications – on your win/mac/linux machine – I would like to (in process of learning of language) track what apps I use the most, make a little graph maybe?

So, the point is: in AIR app, developed in FLEX, I would like to get/list all running applications/processes, as well as which one is active (on user’s PC/Mac/Linux)

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  1. Editorial Team

    Unfortunately this isn’t possible, since AIR can access neither process information nor system performance metrics.

    Your only hope would be to create another service in .NET or Objective C (as in, not cross platform – assuming that is a requirement) that can provide the process information to your AIR app via a local NetConnection. I’m not sure about Java, but you might be able to get away with Mono.

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