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Thanks - that worked. &nbsp;For some reason neither WM_CLOSE or WM_DESTROY worked.
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Thanks - that worked.  For some reason neither WM_CLOSE or WM_DESTROY worked.

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I am writing a VC++ 6.0 monitor program which monitors the graphics of a third party application window. &nbsp;This application periodically pops up advertising dialog boxes which mess up the graphics monitoring and I would like to automatically close those dialogs. &nbsp;I can enumerate the windows on the screen and get the handle to the dialog window, but when I send a WM_CLOSE message to that window nothing happens. &nbsp;Is there another message or window method I could use to cause the dialog to go away?<br />
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If I can't close this window directly, then I have thought I could get the window handle for the OK button and send that button a mouse click event to simulate the user closing the dialog manually.<br />
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Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I am writing a VC++ 6.0 monitor program which monitors the graphics of a third party application window.  This application periodically pops up advertising dialog boxes which mess up the graphics monitoring and I would like to automatically close those dialogs.  I can enumerate the windows on the screen and get the handle to the dialog window, but when I send a WM_CLOSE message to that window nothing happens.  Is there another message or window method I could use to cause the dialog to go away?

If I can't close this window directly, then I have thought I could get the window handle for the OK button and send that button a mouse click event to simulate the user closing the dialog manually.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Closing a window from an external process

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