kill the program

how do i kill a program when the user has finished using it.

i have a button exit program, which has unload me
but when i install the program on my computer and then run it, i still have the program running in the background, the only way to kill it is ctrl alt and del and then shut the program from there

That's not normal. Do u use any automation in ur project? Sometimes processes created from within ur application do not stop the running app. Check to see all objects or processes are destroyed before u unload the app.

If you have a hidden form somewhere it will also keep your program running...

Basically anything that can receive events from the OS will keep it running, except for a code-only timer and the likes, they will crash it when your programs stops without killing the timer, but that's off-topic.

Gerco.

Me is a vb keyword to reference the current form.
So using unload me isn't exiting any add-ins, modules etc, just the current form.

For a 1 form program :

Code:

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Unload me
Set me = nothing
End

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For all other programs :

Code:

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Dim Frm as form

For each Frm In forms
  Unload Frm
  Set Frm = nothing
Next Frm

End

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See this tip too ... http://www.vb-world.net/tips/tip53.html