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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 03:02

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"nicolasr" <nicolasrNOSPAMATSIGNgmx.net> wrote in message
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> I just tested to launch a program with ShellExecute() and close it
> with TerminateProcess() which needs the process handle. I used
> FindWindow() to get the handle of the programs window, then
> GetWindowThreadProcessId() to obtain the process ID. Then
> I stumbled across the OpenProcess() API and this seems to
> return the process handle. At least the call to TerminateProcess()
> worked...

Had you used CreateProcess() instead of ShellExecute(), you would have
already had both the process ID and process handle immediately, as
CreateProcess() returns both of them directly, instead of you needing to
"hunt" for them manually.


Gambit

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