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Alternate to PostQuitMessage

Posted on 2004-09-13

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Hi all,

For some strange reason the ::PostQuitMessage(0); does not always work if my software has been open for a while.... Is there another way to close the app. I don't want to use ExitProccess as I'm cleaning up on the Applications deconstructor.

Thanks
Aaron

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Question by:almorris

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by:bcsonka

bcsonka earned 49 total points

ID: 120509292004-09-13

Hi,

Give one of these a shot . . .

EndDialog(0); // If main window is dervied from CDialog

or

::DestroyWindow(AfxGetMainWnd()->m_hWnd); // If main window is dervied from something other than CDialog

I hope that helps.

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by:migoEX

migoEX earned 48 total points

ID: 120517192004-09-13

ExitProcess should be fine, as all the clean-up operations are still performed. This is opposite to TerminateProcess, when none of the DLLs is notified, and the process is shut down immediately.

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by:itsmeandnobodyelse

itsmeandnobodyelse earned 48 total points

ID: 120532372004-09-14

You could try

::PostMessage(AfxGetMainWnd()->m_hWnd, WM_QUIT, 0, 0);

anywhere in your program.

Regards, Alex

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by:bcsonka

ID: 123137822004-10-14

I feel I gave two pretty good alternatives to PostQuitMessage

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by:almorris

ID: 124132602004-10-26

Sorry, I've been outa town.

I finally figured out that it was another thread that was causing the problem.
I'm happy to divy up the points for everyone's input.

Thanks
Aaron

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