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Terminating another application

Hi all, i am after a little help in working out how to use a vb app to
terminate another app. I have a program i wish to run and after 5 hours i
need to terminate it.

Any help appreciated

thanks
steve
Jul 17 '05 #1
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:36:56 +1000, "Steve" <no@no.com> wrote:
Hi all, i am after a little help in working out how to use a vb app to
terminate another app. I have a program i wish to run and after 5 hours i
need to terminate it.

Any help appreciated


Try Sending it a WM_CLOSE message
Jul 17 '05 #2

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