closing a program

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Easiest way of putting this is like the Control+Alt+Delete menu where you can 'End Task' a program I want to do this same thing in VB.
Thanks in advance.

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DiGiTaIErRoR

[cjwares]

well, this is the only way i know how to do it.


appactivate "[the program's caption]"
sendkeys "%{F4}", true


hope it helps :)



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[DiGiTaIErRoR]

I need more of a way to 'force it'.

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DiGiTaIErRoR

[Jhd.Honza]

There are two ways to force an application.

At first, try

Const NILL = 0&
Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112
Const SC_CLOSE = &HF060

lpClassName$ = "SciCalc"
lpCaption$ = "Calculator"

'* Determine the handle to the Calculator window.
Handle = FindWindow(lpClassName$, lpCaption$)

'* Post a message to Calc to end it's existence.
X& = SendMessage(Handle, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, NILL)

' Enter each of the following Declare statements on one, single line:
Declare Function FindWindow% Lib "user" (ByVal lpClassName As Any,
ByVal lpCaption As Any)
Declare Function SendMessage& Lib "user" (ByVal hwnd%, ByVal wMsg%,
ByVal wParam%, ByVal lParam As Long)

----------------remarks: if you don't know the ClassName, use vbNullString-----------

I can't find the second method at the moment, I will look up and write you.


PS: There is a small group of programs (e.g. Acces) that won't end.