Windows Processes

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:48 am

How would I use Turing to figure out what processes are running on my machine and information about them (such as when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL) . Are there any specific methods of obtaining this information, such as File.Status gives out file information, is there one that will give process information?

Dan · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:06 pm

As far as i know that is not posiable by just using turing. Turing dose not have access to the windows APIs or much of the computers hardware. The only way i could think of doing it whould be to make some other program or application outside of turing and interface with it.

Cervantes · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:08 pm

If you don't mind my asking, what did you intend to use this for?

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:32 pm

Just messing around.
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What programming language would be the best to do pretty much anything in, such as a language with access to Windows API's?

Cervantes · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:26 pm

Learning a programming language after Turing is a lot of work. I find it surprising that you'd be willing to do all that work so that you can access the windows API.

What is it that sparked your interest in accessing the API?

TokenHerbz · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:39 pm

i wouldn't mind learning how to manipulate windows things.. of course i wouldn't dare try it out on this comp, but i have a crappy one that would be perfect..

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:56 pm

I wish to access the API so I can create my own programs that are actually useful. Like an all in 1 program to launch applications I use often and to see their ammount of memory and keep track of passwords, etc.

[Gandalf] · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:05 pm

You can track passwords, as in storing them in a database, using Turing. You can also create one program which will launch programs x, y, and z using Turing (using Sys.Exec).

The only thing from your list which is not very doable in Turing is viewing how much memory your programs are using, but you could always run task manager instead.

If you really want to learn a language that has access to the Windows API, you're not very limited in your choice. Just about every programming language either naturally, or through third party libraries has access to it.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:19 pm

Is there any programming languages that have access to the Windows API? If so can you list a few of them?

Mod edit: You've just asked a question which Gandalf answered in his previous post. This topic is now on a very short leash to being locked.

[Gandalf] · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:21 pm

No, there does not exist a programming language that has access to the Windows API.

Guest · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:48 pm

I asked to list a few of them.

richcash · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:28 pm

I think the C and C+ languages naturally have FULL access to Windows API. I think Java has access to the Windows API through its library. [Gandalf] is right though, really, research just about any language and you'll see it has some sort of access to the API.

Cervantes · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:41 pm

vahnx wrote:

I asked to list a few of them.

That question was rendered null and void by Gandalf's preceeding statement. If almost any language has access to the windows API, you can list them for yourself. And if you're not sure whether a particular language has access to the API or not, find out for yourself. Google is your friend. So is wikipedia.

Now, I'm locking this thread. It's time you found some answers for yourself, vahnx.

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