Close another program...

Anyone know how to close another program from VB? For instance, My program uses a scanner, and when the scanner is finished i want the scanner driver program (runs minimized) to shutdown because everytime the scanner is used, another driver window pops up. This will become very memory consuming when these begin accumulating.

I have a code for closing the form. I don't think it will help you.
If it will help you i will post it when i get home.

Now i am in schoo.:) :cool:

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Code:

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Option Explicit

Public Const PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 1024
Public Const PROCESS_VM_READ = 16
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Public Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = &HF0000
Public Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
'STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED Or SYNCHRONIZE Or &HFFF
Public Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = &H1F0FFF
Public Const TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS = &H2&
Public Const hNull = 0

Public Enum ePlatform
  eWin95_98 = 1
  eWinNT = 2
End Enum

'Usage

'Then call the routine like this:
'If IsApplicationRunning("MyProgram.exe") Then
'  MsgBox "Application is running."
'Else
'  MsgBox "Application is not running."
'End If


'Matthew GATES wrote :
'Try this (code does not work for WinNT):
'Call KillApp("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe")

Public Type PROCESSENTRY32
  dwSize              As Long
  cntUsage            As Long
  th32ProcessID      As Long ' This process
  th32DefaultHeapID  As Long
  th32ModuleID        As Long ' Associated exe
  cntThreads          As Long
  th32ParentProcessID As Long ' This process's parent process
  pcPriClassBase      As Long ' Base priority of process threads
  dwFlags            As Long
  szexeFile          As String * 260
End Type

Public Type OSVERSIONINFO
  dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
  dwMajorVersion      As Long
  dwMinorVersion      As Long
  dwBuildNumber      As Long
  dwPlatformId        As Long '1 = Windows 95. '2 = Windows NT
  szCSDVersion        As String * 128
End Type

Private Declare Function ProcessFirst _
Lib "kernel32" Alias "Process32First" (ByVal hSnapshot _
As Long, uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Private Declare Function ProcessNext Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "Process32Next" (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, _
uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Private Declare Function CreateToolhelpSnapshot _
Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot" (ByVal _
lFlags As Long, lProcessID As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function TerminateProcess _
Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal _
uExitCode As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function Process32First Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal hSnapshot As Long, lppe As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Public Declare Function Process32Next Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal hSnapshot As Long, lppe As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32.dll" _
(ByVal Handle As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "Kernel32.dll" _
(ByVal dwDesiredAccessas As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, _
ByVal dwProcId As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function EnumProcesses Lib "psapi.dll" _
(ByRef lpidProcess As Long, ByVal cb As Long, _
ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function GetModuleFileNameExA Lib "psapi.dll" _
(ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal hModule As Long, _
ByVal strModuleName As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function EnumProcessModules Lib "psapi.dll" _
(ByVal hProcess As Long, ByRef lphModule As Long, _
ByVal cb As Long, ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal th32ProcessID As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function GetVersionExA Lib "kernel32" _
(lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Integer


Public gDBType As String
Public Function IsApplicationRunning(pEXEName As String) As Boolean

    On Error Resume Next
   
    Select Case getVersion()
    Case eWin95_98
   
        Dim lProc As Long
        Dim strName As String
        Dim hSnap As Long
        Dim proc As PROCESSENTRY32
       
        hSnap = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0)
        If hSnap = hNull Then Exit Function
        proc.dwSize = Len(proc)
        ' Iterate through the processes
        lProc = Process32First(hSnap, proc)
       
        Do While lProc
          strName = StrZToStr(proc.szexeFile)
          If InStr(UCase(strName), UCase(pEXEName)) Then
              IsApplicationRunning = True
              Exit Function
          End If
          lProc = Process32Next(hSnap, proc)
        Loop
   
    Case eWinNT
   
        Dim cb                As Long
        Dim cbNeeded          As Long
        Dim NumElements        As Long
        Dim lProcessIDs()      As Long
        Dim cbNeeded2          As Long
        Dim lNumElements2      As Long
        Dim lModules(1 To 200) As Long
        Dim lRet              As Long
        Dim strModuleName      As String
        Dim nSize              As Long
        Dim hProcess          As Long
        Dim i                  As Long
       
        'Get the array containing the process id's for each process object
        cb = 8
        cbNeeded = 96
       
        Do While cb <= cbNeeded
          cb = cb * 2
          ReDim lProcessIDs(cb / 4) As Long
          lRet = EnumProcesses(lProcessIDs(1), cb, cbNeeded)
        Loop
       
        NumElements = cbNeeded / 4
       
        For i = 1 To NumElements
           
            'Get a handle to the Process
            hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION _
            Or PROCESS_VM_READ, 0, lProcessIDs(i))
           
            'Got a Process handle
            If hProcess <> 0 Then
              'Get an array of the module handles for the specified process
              lRet = EnumProcessModules(hProcess, lModules(1), 200, cbNeeded2)
              'If the Module Array is retrieved, Get the ModuleFileName
              If lRet <> 0 Then
                  strModuleName = Space(MAX_PATH)
                  nSize = 500
                  lRet = GetModuleFileNameExA(hProcess, lModules(1), strModuleName, nSize)
                  strModuleName = Left(strModuleName, lRet)
                  'Check for the client application running
                  If InStr(UCase(strModuleName), UCase(pEXEName)) Then
                      IsApplicationRunning = True
                      Exit Function
                  End If
                  'List1.AddItem Left(strModuleName, lRet)
                End If
          End If
          'Close the handle to the process
          lRet = CloseHandle(hProcess)
         
        Next
    End Select
   
End Function
Function StrZToStr(pString As String) As String
    StrZToStr = Left$(pString, Len(pString) - 1)
End Function
Public Function getVersion() As ePlatform

    Dim osinfo  As OSVERSIONINFO
    Dim lRetVal As Integer
   
    osinfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = 148
    osinfo.szCSDVersion = Space$(128)
    lRetVal = GetVersionExA(osinfo)
    getVersion = osinfo.dwPlatformId
   
End Function
Private Function KillApp(myName As String) As Boolean

    Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = 0
    Dim uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32

    Dim rProcessFound As Long
    Dim hSnapshot As Long
    Dim szExename As String
    Dim exitCode As Long
    Dim myProcess As Long
    Dim AppKill As Boolean
    Dim appCount As Integer
    Dim i As Integer

    On Local Error GoTo Finish
   
    appCount = 0

    Const TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS As Long = 2&

    uProcess.dwSize = Len(uProcess)
    hSnapshot = CreateToolhelpSnapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0&)
    rProcessFound = ProcessFirst(hSnapshot, uProcess)

    Do While rProcessFound
     
      i = InStr(1, uProcess.szexeFile, Chr(0))
      szExename = LCase(Left(uProcess.szexeFile, i - 1))
     
      If Right(szExename, Len(myName)) = LCase$(myName) Then
          KillApp = True
          appCount = appCount + 1
          myProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, False, uProcess.th32ProcessID)
          AppKill = TerminateProcess(myProcess, exitCode)
          Call CloseHandle(myProcess)
      End If
   
      rProcessFound = ProcessNext(hSnapshot, uProcess)
   
    Loop

    Call CloseHandle(hSnapshot)

Finish:

End Function

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Wow thanks!