Can I shut down my PC usig vb code?

[jcrchristy]

I have developed a vb application and being used by 3 users now the user wants the application to shut down the PC when he comes out of the application. How can I do it?
Please help

 

[williamu]

Hi,

Using the Windows API you can call either the ExitWindow(...) or ExitWindowEx(...) functions depending on your needs.

HTH




William
Software Engineer
ICQ No. 56047340

 

[jcrchristy]

Thani U william, can u explain with some examples...of how to use api's

 

[williamu]

It's as simple as :

ExitWindowsEx(mode, reason)

Once you've included the relevant declare statements in your application.



William
Software Engineer
ICQ No. 56047340

 

[bmdb]

Here you will find a good example of how to use it....

http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/system/exitwindowsex.htm

 

[mmilan]

Genuinely just out of interest, why does the customer want it to shut down windows when you leave your app?

 

[jcrchristy]

Thank U I got it.

mmilan -- The user should use the PC only for this application, so it should autamatically load the app and shutdown.