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Killing function execution in a third-party DLL writen in C++ from within a VB6 program

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I 've the following situation. From within a Visual Basic 6 app I call a function in a third-party DLL. This function waits for a physical event in order to terminate (eg.: touch a scanner screen), but that does not always happen.

Can I kill that execution from my VB6 app?

Tks in advance,
LR
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Sorry, out of office.
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