Starting and closing an application using Delphi

Example for starting the Notepad:
Winexec('c:\winNT\Notepad',SW_SHOW);

Example for closing the Notepad:
SendMessage(Findwindow('notepad',nil), WM_Close, 0, 0);

This may be the case for applications whose executable name is the same as the window name. How do you do this if the two are different because not applications open windows with the same name as the executable.

Try this component,

I use it a lot : It's easy, great, well documented, with source, freeware,..., what else do you need?

http://SunSite.icm.edu.pl/delphi/ftp/d10free/execfl32.zip

http://SunSite.icm.edu.pl/delphi/ftp/d10free/execfile.zip (D1)

Have fun,
c.u. ZifNab;