returns the names of process that have been opened with the open process command, but have not yet exit.
# Metadata
Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security: process
# Syntax
the openProcesses
# Examples
the openProcesses
put the openProcesses into processesToClose
# Description
Use the openProcesses function to find out which process need to be closed, or to check whether a process is already running before communicating with it.
The list of process names is in the same order used by openProcessIDs function, which is the same order that the process were opened.
Programs that were not started by LiveCode are not included in the list returned by the openProcesses function.
# Tags
# See
- **operator:** there is no - **command:** open process, kill, read from process - **glossary:** exit, command, return, process - **control structure:** function