32112 - detect if multiple instances of app is running

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P1)

Description

[racham]

In 4.7, if we have an instance of navigator running, we detected it and if the 
user tries to trigger the app from the command prompt, we just brought of the 
new navigator window. Also, if some one tries to bring profile manager window, 
we asked users to quit the app (communicator). 

We should do similar detection on mozilla app too. Here is what I have seen. 
From the command line, run mozilla (type mozilla). Profile Manager comes up. 
Select a profile and start the app. Keep that window and run mozilla from the 
command prompt again. I get the profile manager window again. Ideally (like in 
4.7) we should just bring the new browser window with the profile that is 
already in use. Otherwise we will have consistencey problems.

Comment 1

[Paul MacQuiddy]

spam: qa contact to [e-mail]

Comment 2

[verah (gone)]

Reassigning as per Don

Comment 3

[leger]

Putting on [nsbeta2+] radar for beta2 fix.

Comment 4

[leger]

*** Bug 8393 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[John Morrison]

As law noted on bug #8393, some people consider this a feature, and on
unix this has been the norm. While this would be unexpected behaviour
for an average mac or windows user, and does risk profile corruption,
I find it useful (on windows and linux) to be able to run two
different builds when debugging some problems. I hate to say "can we
make it a pref", but, well ...

Comment 6

[Bill Law]

This bug has been fixed as of my checkins from Friday.  In order to resonably 
support making Mozilla one's "default browser" it was necessary to detect that 
Mozilla wa already running and communicate with the already-running process to 
request that a new window be opened.  Otherwise, one would end up with a 
separate instance of Mozilla for each desktop icon they double-clicked on.

I'm going to resolve this one FIXED.  If somebody desparately wants to launch 
multiple processes, I suppose we could add a command-line switch.  But they 
should open a new RFE bug for that.

Comment 7

[John Morrison]

verified fixed on win95/win98/winNT4/win2k for 2000051908 build.

As far as the command line switch goes, after considering this some more,
it doesn't seem that vital (I'll miss it, but I can workaround). There are
bigger fish to fry, I suppose. :-]

Comment 8

[Stephen Koren]

*** Bug 48352 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 50424 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***