navneetha
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shutting down an vb exe when OS shuts down
Hi
i have an exe running which does some task after each 15 mins. i am using the Sleep API for the appl to sleep for the specific time period. as the exe would be running for the whole day, i would like that it should automatically close when the OS is shutting down (mostly it would be Windows NT,98 or 2000). right now it gives the "appl not responding error" while shutting down.
i actually want to know if some event is generated when the appl is closed using the task manager. i have alreaday tried the Query_Unload event.
plz help..............
thanks
i have an exe running which does some task after each 15 mins. i am using the Sleep API for the appl to sleep for the specific time period. as the exe would be running for the whole day, i would like that it should automatically close when the OS is shutting down (mostly it would be Windows NT,98 or 2000). right now it gives the "appl not responding error" while shutting down.
i actually want to know if some event is generated when the appl is closed using the task manager. i have alreaday tried the Query_Unload event.
plz help..............
thanks
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you could use wait for WaitForMultipleObjects....
Hi Sabnis,
What objects would you wait for ?
Alon
What objects would you wait for ?
Alon
wait for handle of the Thread Stop Event .... the timer elapsed event ....these are the 2 events necessary...may be other events as u need
wait for handle of the Thread Stop Event .... the timer elapsed event ....these are the 2 events necessary...may be other events as u need
navneetha, if you are sure that the form is loaded, and that you use "sleep" function with small intervals. I think the problem may be in "End" statement, use this code instead:
'In you main module
Public Const ForRelease = True
Public Declare Function TerminateProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal ApphProcess As Long, ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetCurrentProcess Lib "kernel32" () As Long
'Add this code instead of End statement
If ForRelease Then
Dim ExitCode As Long
TerminateProcess GetCurrentProcess, ExitCode
Else
End
End If
The problem in this code is that it will terminate VB entirley if you run your program from VB, and so to avoid this problem, change the value of 'ForRelease' to 'False', and before you create your exe file, change it into 'True'.
Osama
'In you main module
Public Const ForRelease = True
Public Declare Function TerminateProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal ApphProcess As Long, ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetCurrentProcess Lib "kernel32" () As Long
'Add this code instead of End statement
If ForRelease Then
Dim ExitCode As Long
TerminateProcess GetCurrentProcess, ExitCode
Else
End
End If
The problem in this code is that it will terminate VB entirley if you run your program from VB, and so to avoid this problem, change the value of 'ForRelease' to 'False', and before you create your exe file, change it into 'True'.
Osama
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I assume you have a single form (invisble), maybe the form is not loaded at all to recieve the Query_unload event. You might check the load and unload events (by writing a small line to a debug file) to monitor these events...
CHeers