Re: How can I force the close of a third party ActiveX server.

2004-02-26 Thread Shea C
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

How can I force the close of a third party ActiveX server.

2004-02-25 Thread codeman
We have a third party ActiveX executable that refuses to shut itself down once in a while. And when I say once in a while, I mean one out of every 20-30 times it's attempted. All termination commands are being sent and recieved properly, and all refnums are being closed. No errors are ever

Re: How can I force the close of a third party ActiveX server.

2004-02-25 Thread codeman
Yes, I thought of this. However the task list from the API library only returns tasks with open windows. The ActiveX server I am using runs windowless. I actually went ahead and built myself a CIN from code I found on msdn (KILL.C) which kills a process by name. It seems to be doing the job.