Open and close external program

[joda124]

Hi,

How can i open and close external program (i.e. notepad)?
What aspect commands can i use ? With "run" command open notepad but i don't known close command for it.

Thank you !!!

 

[geirendre]

Like this maby?

proc main
integer TaskId
run "notepad.exe" TaskId   ;start notepad

taskexit TaskId      ;end notepad
endproc

The ProComm help/reference gives some examples
on start, control and termination of Win-tasks.

HTH

 

[knob]

Another option is to use the sendkey command to send "virtual" keystrokes to the application to perform any necessary operations.

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[joda124]

Dear Geirendre,

thank you for your reply, i known this script, open notepad with - run "notepad.exe" taskid - but is not possible to close notepad windows with taskexit command.
Have you some idea about this problem ?

Thank you!!

 

[joda124]

Dear knob

Thank you for your attention!!

I can use "alt-F4" in order to close "notepad.exe", but i don't known how can insert it in aspect script (sendvkey or others).
Just another last question, in the aspect example i can open notepad with taskactivate command but taskexit don't work, notepad.exe is always open !!

Thank you for your patience, i will waiting your replay !!

 

[geirendre]

To be honest no, it's working fine here.

sendkey ALT 0x73

Should send the ALT-F4 combination.

You find the key codes under "Virtual Key Codes" in ProComm-help.

HTH

 

[Eric1950]

There are a whole set of capabilities available in windows xp.. one of them is TASKKIL.EXE available in your windows/system32 directory. TASKKILL /im notepad.exe will kill the notepad propgram in its tracks.

By the way - there are a ton of WINDOWS commands available as DOS programs in XP