Shutting down COM app from a command line

[Larry Bud]

Not sure where else to post this.... One of our developers quit and
I'm taking over stuff from him.

He had a COM app that would lock files on occasion (yeah, thanks for
leaving that in production instead of finding the real problem)...
anyway, the "fix" was to shut down the com app when it would lock the
file.

Any way to do that from a command line?

[Aidy]

What do you mean by "COM app". An EXE? A COM+ Application?

"Larry Bud" <la**********@y ahoo.comwrote in message
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Not sure where else to post this.... One of our developers quit and
I'm taking over stuff from him.

He had a COM app that would lock files on occasion (yeah, thanks for
leaving that in production instead of finding the real problem)...
anyway, the "fix" was to shut down the com app when it would lock the
file.

Any way to do that from a command line?

[Larry Bud]

"Larry Bud" <larrybud2...@y ahoo.comwrote in message

news:11******** **************@ x35g2000prf.goo glegroups.com.. .

Not sure where else to post this.... One of our developers quit and
I'm taking over stuff from him.

He had a COM app that would lock files on occasion (yeah, thanks for
leaving that in production instead of finding the real problem)...
anyway, the "fix" was to shut down the com app when it would lock the
file.

Any way to do that from a command line?- Hide quoted text -

On Jul 30, 10:50 am, "Aidy" <a...@xxnoemail xx.comwrote:

What do you mean by "COM app". An EXE? A COM+ Application?

Sorry.

Yes, a COM+ Application.

[Aidy]

You could script it or make a small app to do it;

http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/19633

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>"Larry Bud" <larrybud2...@y ahoo.comwrote in message

news:11******* *************** @x35g2000prf.go oglegroups.com. ..

Not sure where else to post this.... One of our developers quit and
I'm taking over stuff from him.

He had a COM app that would lock files on occasion (yeah, thanks for
leaving that in production instead of finding the real problem)...
anyway, the "fix" was to shut down the com app when it would lock the
file.

Any way to do that from a command line?- Hide quoted text -

On Jul 30, 10:50 am, "Aidy" <a...@xxnoemail xx.comwrote:

>What do you mean by "COM app". An EXE? A COM+ Application?

Sorry.

Yes, a COM+ Application.

[Eric]

using System;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Collecti ons.Specialized ;
using COMAdmin; // This needs a reference to the "COM+ Admin" dll on
the COM tab

namespace xxx
{
class ShutdownCom
{
#region Get COM+ Applications
public StringCollectio n GetCOMApplicati ons()
{
StringCollectio n collection = new StringCollectio n();
try
{
ICOMAdminCatalo g objAdmin;
ICatalogCollect ion objCollection;

objAdmin = (ICOMAdminCatal og) new
COMAdmin.COMAdm inCatalog();
objCollection = (ICatalogCollec tion)
objAdmin.GetCol lection("Applic ations");
objCollection.P opulate();

foreach(COMAdmi n.COMAdminCatal ogObject objApp in
objCollection)
{
collection.Add( objApp.Name.ToS tring());
// Console.WriteLi ne(objApp.Name. ToString());
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne("Error: " + ex.Message);
return null;
}
return collection;
}
#endregion

#region Shutting Down COM+ Application
public void ShutDownCOMAppl ication(string appName)
{
try
{
ICOMAdminCatalo g objAdmin;
ICatalogCollect ion objCollection;

objAdmin = (ICOMAdminCatal og) new
COMAdmin.COMAdm inCatalog();
objCollection = (ICatalogCollec tion)
objAdmin.GetCol lection("Applic ations");

Console.WriteLi ne("Shutting down: " + appName);
objAdmin.Shutdo wnApplication(a ppName);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne("Unable to shutdown the application, err=" +
ex.Message);
}
}
#endregion
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// create an instance of our class
ShutdownCom shutdown = new ShutdownCom();

// shutdown all applications that begin with ZC
StringCollectio n appList = shutdown.GetCOM Applications();
foreach (string appName in appList)
{
if (appName.ToUppe r().StartsWith( "ZC"))
shutdown.ShutDo wnCOMApplicatio n(appName);
}
}
}
}