WM_CLOSE not working on console app

[Panthaur]

I have a console app (DOS window) that I am trying to close with the following command:

SendMessage hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, ByVal 0

It works fine under 2K/XP, but under 95/98 it tells me i'm trying to close a running app and then I have to click YES or NO.

Can someone give me a better way of shutting this down without having to answer the YES/NO question for the console app? I've tried WM_DESTROY (value of &H2) but it doesn't do anything at all.

HELP!!
Panthaur

 

[percent]

If you are starting your program with the shell command, then it will return that instances Process Id.

You can then use that process id to terminate it.


Private Const PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1

'** Required APIs to terminate other functions.
Private Declare Function TerminateProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim MyPID As Long
Dim PIDToKill As Long

MyPID = Shell("C:\windows\notepad.exe")

PIDToKill = OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, 0, MyPID)
KillRunningProgram = TerminateProcess(PIDToKill, 0)
End Sub


This would terminate the notepad application that was just started in code.

'I don't have a 9x machine to test this out on so you will have to try it to see if the yes/no appears