Closing an application

[nbanaji]

How do i close an application started with shell command

[Rob Brown]

I came accross this before but unfortunately I can't remember the exact syntax.

You need to use an API (possibly SetWindowPos, I can't remember) to set the window size to 0,0. This closes the window and therefore ends the application.

I couldn't find a more direct way of doing it.

Good luck.

Best regards,

Rob Brown.

[HeSaidJoe]

Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" _
Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, _
ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, _
ByVal lpsz2 As String) 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 DestroyWindow Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Private Const WM_CLOSE = &H10

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Dim hApp As Long
    hApp = FindWindowEx(0&, 0&, vbNullString, "Notepad")
    If hApp <> 0 Then
        SendMessage hApp, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0
        DestroyWindow hApp
    End If
    
End Sub