Terminate dos program with WSH

[vmikeydet]

I'm using Visual FoxPro v7 and Windows script host shell in Windows NT 4.0 to open a DOS window, run a DOS based executable program, and then provide the user the ability to cancel the program and return to the FoxPro application. This is all being done from a FoxPro program. The DOS program can be canceled by issueing a control-C to the the DOS window. The problem I am having is that while the program is running in the DOS window and a control-c is sent by the script host, nothing happens. The program keeps running and I have to manually stop the program by hitting ctrl-c from the keyboard.

Here is the code I am running from my FoxPro program to do all this:

DECLARE Sleep IN Win32API;
integer dwDelay

oShell = CREATEOBJECT("WScript.Shell&quot
oShell.run("cmd /k cd d:\projects & iscst3.exe", 3)
IF oShell.AppActivate("C:\WINNT&quot
= Sleep(100)
oShell.SendKeys("^c&quot
oShell.SendKeys("EXIT~&quot
ENDIF

As I noted before, the ^c in the SendKeys method is not stopping the iscst3 program in the DOS window. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[AirCon]

The "()" is missing

oShell.SendKeys("^(c)&quot


-- AirCon --

 

[AirCon]

You might also need to add Sleep() for each SendKeys

-- AirCon --

 

[vmikeydet]

Thanks for the suggestion of using () around the c. I inserted them, but still no luck. The program contiuues to run in the command window until I manually issue a ^c. If no program is running in the command window the ^c appears there. For some reason the SendKeys method is not interrupting the running program.