need help please

[xYouFailx]

hi
so i got another problem that i tried many many many time to fix.
each way i try give same result.


( msgbox is for test purpose )
this result is whatever i type after !kill is shown in the msgbox that mean this part is right but it dont kill any process


here my code

                    If inputLine.Contains("!kill") Then
                        Try
                            Dim killing As Array
                            killing = inputLine.Split(" ")
                            MsgBox(killing(4))
                            killProcess(killing(4))

                        Catch d As Exception
                            IRCwriter.Flush()
                        End Try
                    End If

and here the function

    Public Sub killProcess(ByRef strProcessToKill As String)
        Dim proc() As Process = Process.GetProcesses
        For i As Integer = 0 To proc.GetUpperBound(0)
            If proc(i).ProcessName = strProcessToKill Then
                proc(i).Kill()
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

    Public Sub killProcess(ByRef strProcessToKill As String)
        Dim proc() As Process = Process.GetProcesses
        For i As Integer = 0 To proc.GetUpperBound(0)
            If proc(i).ProcessName = strProcessToKill Then
                proc(i).Kill()
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

i get no error at all it just wont kill the process i type

i also tried a new project with a textbox but still wont work

any idea ? ( i tried many way on the web )

thanks

[stlaural]

Welcome to the forum!

Instead of going through all the processes list you could use the GetProcessesByName() method.

Also, have you made sure that there is actually a process with a ProcessName that matches the one you pass to your killProcess method? You could put a breakpoint inside your For loop and add proc(i).ProcessName to your watch list and check that out.

[xYouFailx]

Welcome to the forum!

Instead of going through all the processes list you could use the GetProcessesByName() method.

Also, have you made sure that there is actually a process with a ProcessName that matches the one you pass to your killProcess method? You could put a breakpoint inside your For loop and add proc(i).ProcessName to your watch list and check that out.

thanks for your reply.

GetProcessBtName() dosnt work too.

and yes i try to kill firefox.exe wich is open ( also tried with msnmsgr.exe ) but none work.

[stlaural]

Here, I wrote this very small console app in vb.net, it works perfectly for me on Windows 7. As you will notice, it displays all the process names and I am closing the one named "firefox". So as I suggested, maybe you simply didn't use the right name and that is why I suggested to have a lood at the content of process array proc().

Sub Main()
        Dim proc() As Process = Process.GetProcesses
        For i As Integer = 0 To proc.GetUpperBound(0)
            Console.WriteLine(proc(i).ProcessName)
            If proc(i).ProcessName = "firefox" Then
                proc(i).Kill()
            End If
        Next
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub

Which also means that GetProcessesByName() should work if you enter an existing processName.

[xYouFailx]

thank you very much it work now

so now i can work on ping

thanks

[stlaural]

You're welcome!

[xYouFailx]

another question. is it possible to convert array to string ?

                    If inputLine.Contains("!ping") Then
                        Try
                            Dim PingIP As Array
                            PingIP = inputLine.Split(" ")
                            Shell("ping ", PingIP)

i get an error saying i cant use something array

[stlaural]

As the Split method already returns a string array, your sould start by declaring PingIP as a string array.

Dim PingIP As String()

not 100% for the syntax though so you better have a look on the web first.

Then as it is an array, you should use a For loop to loop trough all its string elements, and THEN call Shell method for each element.