Closing an external program programmatically

[RoboMonkey]

I want to be able to make an external program exit from my code.

I start the process for the executable, then I want to do something within my program. Then once that is done I want to close the external program.

My code at present:-

// Start the child process.
if( !CreateProcess( NULL, // No module name (use command line).
"PleaseWait.exe", // 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.
)
{
AfxMessageBox( "CreateProcess failed." );
}

// Would normally do this but I want to control when it exits
//WaitForSingleObject( pi.hProcess, INFINITE );

:::

// DO SOMETHING HERE

:::
// Close process and thread handles.
CloseHandle( pi.hProcess );
CloseHandle( pi.hThread );

Any ideas?

[Andreas Masur]

Take a look at this FAQ...