kill proccess and wait....memory lapse

I've done this before, but not for some time and i can't find the source. So anyways, how can you find,kill, and wait for a process to finish closing before executing another.

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Try this, you can close an application by class or by caption, and you can force it to close if need be.

In a module:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageTimeoutA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, ByVal fuFlags As Long, ByVal uTimeout As Long, lpdwResult As Long) As Long
Private Const SMTO_BLOCK = &H1
Private Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = &H2
Private Const SC_CLOSE = &HF060&
Private Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112
Private Const WM_NULL = &H0
 
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = &H1F0FFF
 
Private Declare Function IsWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
 
Private Declare Function TerminateProcess& Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal uExitCode As Long)
Private Declare Function GetWindowThreadProcessId& Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpdwProcessId As Long)
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EnumWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
 
Public Enum HowToClose
    hcForce
    hcOneAtATime
    hcAllAtOnce
End Enum
 
Public Enum WindowIdType
    WindowClassName
    WindowCaption
End Enum
 
Private hwnds() As Long
Private m_ClassOrCaption As String
Private m_Identify As WindowIdType
 
Public Sub CloseApplication(ByVal ClassOrCaption As String, Identify As WindowIdType, Optional CloseMethod As HowToClose = hcOneAtATime)
 
 'By Nucleus & Tygur
 'Allows you to close an application by caption or class name
 'and optionally force closure
 
 Dim pid&, hp&, lresult&, lcount&, i&
 Dim bWndNonResponsive As Boolean
 
 ReDim hwnds(0)
 m_ClassOrCaption = ClassOrCaption
 m_Identify = Identify
 
 '// Get all handles of windows
 EnumWindows AddressOf EnumWindowsProc, 0&
 
 '// Now close each window
 If hwnds(0) <> 0 Then
 
    For lcount = 0 To UBound(hwnds)
        
        If IsWindow(hwnds(lcount)) Then
        
            bWndNonResponsive = (SendMessageTimeout(hwnds(lcount), WM_NULL, 0, 0, SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 10, 0) = 0)
            
            If Not bWndNonResponsive Then
                If CloseMethod = hcOneAtATime Then
                    ' wait for user to close each app one at a time
                    SendMessage hwnds(lcount), WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, 0
                Else
                    ' hcOneAtATimE or hcAllAtOnce therefore no need to wait for user
                    SendMessageTimeout hwnds(lcount), WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, 0, 0, 500, 0
                End If
            End If
            
            ' Terminate happ if hanging or if want to force app to close
            If IsWindow(hwnds(lcount)) And (CloseMethod = hcForce Or bWndNonResponsive) Then
                GetWindowThreadProcessId hwnds(lcount), pid
                hp = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, 0&, pid)
                TerminateProcess hp&, 0&
                CloseHandle hp
            End If
            
            DoEvents
            
        End If
        
    Next lcount
 End If
 
End Sub
 
 
 
Private Function EnumWindowsProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    Dim Length&, sCaption$, Temp$, lpClassName$
    
    If m_Identify = WindowClassName Then
        
        '//Class name matching required
    
        'Create a buffer
        lpClassName = Space(256)
        'retrieve the class name
        GetClassName hwnd, lpClassName, 256
        lpClassName = Left$(lpClassName, InStr(1, lpClassName, vbNullChar) - 1)
        If LCase(lpClassName) = LCase(m_ClassOrCaption) Then
            If hwnds(0) <> 0 Then ReDim Preserve hwnds(UBound(hwnds) + 1)
            hwnds(UBound(hwnds)) = hwnd
        End If
        
    Else
        
        '//Caption matching required
        
        sCaption = Space(256)
        GetWindowText hwnd, sCaption, 256
        If Len(sCaption) Then
            sCaption = Left$(sCaption, InStr(1, sCaption, vbNullChar) - 1)
            If LCase(sCaption) Like LCase(m_ClassOrCaption) Then
                If hwnds(0) <> 0 Then ReDim Preserve hwnds(UBound(hwnds) + 1)
                hwnds(UBound(hwnds)) = hwnd
            End If
        End If
        
    End If
    
    EnumWindowsProc = True
End Function

Usage:

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 CloseApplication "*notepad*", WindowCaption
End Sub