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Craig you are an absolute champion, sendmessage(form1.handle,w<wbr />m_close,0,<wbr />0); <br />
&nbsp;worked perfectly, finally...i spent so long trying to figure that out, you get the 5 points. You might have spotted my other message with a similar title....<br />
it's pretty similar if you can work out the second part then i spose i owe you 175 points.
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Craig you are an absolute champion, sendmessage(form1.handle,wm_close,0,0);
 worked perfectly, finally...i spent so long trying to figure that out, you get the 5 points. You might have spotted my other message with a similar title....
it's pretty similar if you can work out the second part then i spose i owe you 175 points.

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sorry i'm outta points but i'd give you 100 if i had them. This is one of the best repsonses i've seen on this experts advice thing. Thanks a heap!
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sorry i'm outta points but i'd give you 100 if i had them. This is one of the best repsonses i've seen on this experts advice thing. Thanks a heap!

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I can't get the API call destroywindow to work and i have to use a call like it because i am not dealing with a process.... i keep getting error 216.<br />
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Any help would be much appreciated, i'll increase the points on the question when i get some more.
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I can't get the API call destroywindow to work and i have to use a call like it because i am not dealing with a process.... i keep getting error 216.

Any help would be much appreciated, i'll increase the points on the question when i get some more.

why won't destroywindow work?

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