Is there a way to Alt-F4 programatically.
It will be used to close another programs window that opens wich is the topmost form
on the desktop.
Lukezzz
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Jump to PostThat doesn't sound like a bad thing to do at all. :icon_rolleyes: You might want to start reading The Old New Thing; there are plenty of horror stories about bad programmers who break the rules like that and screw up Windows for years to come.
Jump to Post>Perheps Alt-F4 can Shut down windows ?
I meant that monkeying about in another program's process like that should give you the chills, and if it doesn't, you shouldn't be writing code.
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Narue
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That doesn't sound like a bad thing to do at all. :icon_rolleyes: You might want to start reading The Old New Thing; there are plenty of horror stories about bad programmers who break the rules like that and screw up Windows for years to come.
Lukezzz
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I am not sure what could be ment by that, I found a lot of information about The Old New Thing that I start to read. It seems to cover a lot of things =) Perheps Alt-F4 can Shut down windows ? but perheps it could be controlled to not do that creating a scenario to prevent perheps, or perheps not :D
That doesn't sound like a bad thing to do at all. :icon_rolleyes: You might want to start reading The Old New Thing; there are plenty of horror stories about bad programmers who break the rules like that and screw up Windows for years to come.
Narue
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>Perheps Alt-F4 can Shut down windows ?
I meant that monkeying about in another program's process like that should give you the chills, and if it doesn't, you shouldn't be writing code.
seanhunt
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Is there a way to Alt-F4 programatically.
It will be used to close another programs window that opens wich is the topmost form
on the desktop.
This is not really a standardized thing, in my knowledge. For many reasons, it is usually a pretty involved platform specific thing, as terminating aother program is considered unsafe. There are ways to do it depending on the OS and other details.
Thanx...
Sean
Lukezzz
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okay, It was just a bit new to me but then I know, perheps considering other solutions.
Thanks for your info.
This is not really a standardized thing, in my knowledge. For many reasons, it is usually a pretty involved platform specific thing, as terminating aother program is considered unsafe. There are ways to do it depending on the OS and other details.
Thanx...
Sean
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