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[danway60]

Can some one help me.
I want to make a program that can open and external program that I have, and a timer to check if it still open, and close and how to close the program.
I can get it to open, but I can't find a way of checking to see if the window is still open.

Thankyou Dan.

[hcavolsdsadgadsg]

CreateProcess
FindWindow

pinvoke.net / msdn

[danway60]

[hcavolsdsadgadsg]

I guess I should have been more specific.

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/CreateProcess.html
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/FindWindow.html

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633499(VS.85).aspx

[danway60]

Would it be possible for you to provide an example?
Say, checking to see if notepad is open. and a msgbox opening saying that the program is found, and another which would say if the program was not open.
I find it hard to read through all that as it has C# and stuff on it.

Thanks, dan.

[hcavolsdsadgadsg]

Oops, I missed where you said you'd be closing it as well.

http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/TerminateProcess.html
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686714.aspx

The pinvoke pages all have VB examples, they also might tell you how you can do it in managed code, so you don't have to use the API.

[danway60]

Where in:

[hcavolsdsadgadsg]

First off, I don't know VB's syntax so just change this to however it's included.

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

Then add your imports below to declare them, you can then just call the API as expected.

Look on pinvoke.net and see if there's managed alternatives first off, as it will be simpler. Such as instead of having to use TerminateProcess, you can use System.Diagnostics.Process.Kill()

[danway60]

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