I've looked high and low, but I can't seem to find an answer. When I open an
application using the shell command, as seen below, how can I close the
application? I am creating a menu system for powerpoint presentations and
they all loop. I need to stop one presentation before I staer another. I
considered using New Process to start the application, but I don't seem to
be able to pass command line arguments.
ProcID = Shell("""C:\Pro gram Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoi nt
Viewer\PPTVIEW. EXE"" /s c:\testfiles\te st.ppt", AppWinStyle.Nor malNoFocus)
Any help would be appreciated,
John
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I've looked high and low, but I can't seem to find an answer. When I open an
application using the shell command, as seen below, how can I close the
application? I am creating a menu system for powerpoint presentations and
they all loop. I need to stop one presentation before I staer another. I
considered using New Process to start the application, but I don't seem to
be able to pass command line arguments.
ProcID = Shell("""C:\Pro gram Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoi nt
Viewer\PPTVIEW. EXE"" /s c:\testfiles\te st.ppt", AppWinStyle.Nor malNoFocus)
Dim pr as Process = Process.GetProc essByID(ProcID)
pr.Kill() ' or pr.CloseMainWin dow()
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Patrick Steele (pa*****@mvps.o rg) http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele
Thanks, worked like a charm.
John
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In article <#L************ **@TK2MSFTNGP04 .phx.gbl>,
mi*******@jabte ch.com says...
>I've looked high and low, but I can't seem to find an answer. When I open
an
application using the shell command, as seen below, how can I close the
application? I am creating a menu system for powerpoint presentations and
they all loop. I need to stop one presentation before I staer another. I
considered using New Process to start the application, but I don't seem
to
be able to pass command line arguments.
ProcID = Shell("""C:\Pro gram Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoi nt
Viewer\PPTVIEW .EXE"" /s c:\testfiles\te st.ppt",
AppWinStyle.No rmalNoFocus)
Dim pr as Process = Process.GetProc essByID(ProcID)
pr.Kill() ' or pr.CloseMainWin dow()
--
Patrick Steele (pa*****@mvps.o rg)
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