app closing, closing one app from within another?

[ray well]

hi,

i shell out a process during my app's run, and then i want to close it when
the program ends. i used the following code. it works fine
with many files, for example an rtf file.

Public proc As System.Diagnostics.Process 'proc is in scope the whole
time

proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Application.Start upPath & "\" &
"xx.rtf")

proc.Kill 'works fine, closes xx.rtf
when i use it to open a help file, it won't close. the help file is not
linked to my app's forms or controls in any way

Public proc As System.Diagnostics.Process 'proc is in scope the whole
time

proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Application.Start upPath & "\" &
"xx.hlp")

proc.Kill 'doesn't close xx.hlp
how do i get it to close? is there some other way to open and close it?

in vb 6 there used be some command whereby u could send a command to another
app based on on its title, can close, i don't know what the net vb
equivelant is
thanks ray

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