Prevent the same program from running more than once.

From: Scott Collier (noSpam_at_thisAddress.com)
Date: 11/29/03 

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 03:24:21 GMT

I need help...
I have designed a program that works fine until somebody opens the program
again (without closing the first program).
Is there a way to prevent a second instance of the same program running on
the one JVM.
So if somebody double clicks on the shortcut to the program, it will check
if the program is already running... is this possible ?

Any pointers or advice would be great.
Scott 

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