How to terminate process started using the Shell function

[John Bradley]

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:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoint
Viewer\PPTVIEW.EXE"" /s c:\testfiles\test.ppt", AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus)

Any help would be appreciated,

John

[Patrick Steele]

In article <#L**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
mi*******@jabtech.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:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoint
Viewer\PPTVIEW.EXE"" /s c:\testfiles\test.ppt", AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus)

Dim pr as Process = Process.GetProcessByID(ProcID)
pr.Kill() ' or pr.CloseMainWindow()

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Patrick Steele (pa*****@mvps.org)
http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele

[John Bradley]

Thanks, worked like a charm.

John

"Patrick Steele" <pa*****@mvps.orgwrote in message
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In article <#L**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
mi*******@jabtech.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:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoint
Viewer\PPTVIEW.EXE"" /s c:\testfiles\test.ppt",
AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus)

Dim pr as Process = Process.GetProcessByID(ProcID)
pr.Kill() ' or pr.CloseMainWindow()

--
Patrick Steele (pa*****@mvps.org)
http://weblogs.asp.net/psteele