Hello codeman, Thank you for your inquiry regarding closing a third party ActiveX server. It sounds like the third party application is having trouble closing. There are several Windows Utility VIs available that could help in this case. One of the Utility VIs is called Get Window Refnum and should return an instance of a Windows window. The following links are great resources when dealing with this issue.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/136F6B1F34CBB76E852563FC007AEFC7= ?OpenDocument http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niepd_web_display.display_epd4?p_guid=3DB45EACE3= EF4556A4E034080020E74861&p_node=3DDZ53008&p_submitted=3D&p_rank=3D&p_answer= =3D&p_source=3DExternal Other responses similar to these can be found on the ni.com website by clicking the support tab at the top of the home page. Then search for =93refnum instances=94 from Technical Resources at the top of the page or topics similar to this. I hope these resources help. Let me know if I can further assist you. Shea C. Applications Engineering