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    DestroyWindow (basic-newbie)

    Hi friends,

    why can't i close the calculator (calc.exe) with DestroyWindow?....is something wrong with the code bellow?

    ..........................................
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {


    HANDLE h=(void*)0x0007066C; //I get the hex from spy++

    printf("Address: %p\n", h);

    //HWND hh = FindWindow(NULL, "Calculator"); //with FindWindow (also doesn't work)

    HWND hh=(HWND)h;

    DestroyWindow (hh);

    return 0;

    }
    ..........................................

    thanks.

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    Re: DestroyWindow (basic-newbie)

    See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx

    Basically, a thread cannot use DestroyWindow to destroy a window created by a different thread.

    Have a look at PostMessage() http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx
    with WM_CLOSE message.
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    Re: DestroyWindow (basic-newbie)

    Quote Originally Posted by _rjf View Post
    Hi friends,

    why can't i close the calculator (calc.exe) with DestroyWindow?....is something wrong with the code bellow?
    ..........................................
    As 2kaud already wrote DestroyWindow is not a correct way to cleanly terminate an application.
    See what MSDN suggests:
    HOWTO: Terminate an Application "Cleanly" in Win32
    Victor Nijegorodov

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