Is there a read/write locking mechanism that works across processes (similar to Mutex, but read/write instead exclusive locking)? I would like to allow concurrent read access, but exclusive write a...

I'm writing a library project for multiple APPs to use. And for some reason, I must make a function mutual exclusion for different APPs, so I need a cross-process lock. But as far as I know, in and...

I'm working on 2 Windows Services that have a common database which I want to lock (cross-process) with a system Mutex. Now I'm wondering whether it's ok to just call WaitOne() and ReleaseMutex() ...

My default choice for cross-platform IPC would be boost, but I saw it criticised in two different forums when I asked about it and this concerned me. Perhaps this was simply a coincidence, so...

I have a script in python which uses a resource which can not be used by more than a certain amount of concurrent scripts running. Classically, this would be solved by a named semaphores but I can...

I have the handler of an open window which wasn't necessarily open by my process. How can I add a button to that window and make the button call a certain application (.exe) when clicked? The butto...