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Killing a console application

I have a console application that closes by capturing CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT message.
If I startup this application manually, and then close the DOS console window via the CLOSE [X] icon, the applications closes successfully.
I can verify that it closes successfully, because I can see the debug log file showing that it captured the CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT message.

Now here is where my problem is at. I have a test application that is suppose to launch the above console application, and then after peformming the proper test, it suppose to signal to the console application to close. However, I can't seem to get the console application to close programmatically.
Here's the code that is in the test application:

            STARTUPINFO si;
            PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
            char TargetExec[] = "..\\debug\\FileBridgeApp.exe";

            ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof(si) );
            si.cb = sizeof(si);
            ZeroMemory( &pi, sizeof(pi) );
            if (CreateProcess( NULL,      // No module name (use command line).
                        TargetExec,                  // Command line.
                        NULL,                        // Process handle not inheritable.
                        NULL,                        // Thread handle not inheritable.
                        FALSE,                        // Set handle inheritance to FALSE.
                        0,                              // No creation flags.
                        NULL,                        // Use parent's environment block.
                        NULL,                        // Use parent's starting directory.
                        &si,                        // Pointer to STARTUPINFO structure.
                        &pi )                        // Pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION structure.
                  )
            {
                  CreateFilesInMonitoringDirectorys(teststructure, QtyTestApp);
                  // Close process and thread handles.
                  CloseHandle( pi.hProcess ); // ******this does not close the application
                  CloseHandle( pi.hThread ); // ******this does not close the application

How can correctly signal to the application to close.

Mikal613

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1026784#post1026784

Axter

ASKER

That link is about capturing CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT message.

As I stated in my question, I'm not having a problem with capturing the message.

My problem is with the test application sending the message.

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jkr

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Axter

ASKER

Thanks jkr.

I replace CloseHandle lines with the following:
EnumWindows((WNDENUMPROC)TerminateAppEnum, (LPARAM) pi.dwProcessId) ;

And copied and pasted the TerminateAppEnum function to my test project, and that seem to have done the trick.

jkr

Um, sorry to be nitpicking, but you still should call 'CloseHandle()' even after terminating the console process. The "costs" in user space (4 bytes for the handle) is not important, but...

Axter

ASKER

>>you still should call 'CloseHandle()'

What is gain by that?
When the console application shutsdown, wouldn't it close the process and the threads?

jkr

For the app you're terminating, that's it. But, the calling app is still responsible to free the control structures (IOW: What's 'behind' the handle). It's not that much of memory, but that might add up e.g. in a server app in the long run.