Shutting Down an External Application

[BanditLV]

I have a system working on a network that is utilizing digital cameras for Internet interaction.... We are utilizing three different camera programs on three different servers to allow use of a camera program should one of the servers fail...

When the end-user system is booted up, one of the camera programs automatically loads...

What I would like to do is create a form (or even a switchboard) that allows to switch from one program to another... However, I need to close one of the external programs with the Button.OnClick... I tried the AppActivate and SendKeys (using AltFX) however, this does not seem to work... Does anyone else have any suggestions on how to close an external application from Access 97/2000?

Thanks in advance,

Roy (aka BanditLV)
Las Vegas

 

[DougP]

If you first "Shell" to it then you should be able to control it. Look in Help for "Shell" command
There is a great example the opens the Windows Calculator, then adds some numbers, then closes it.

Also "Alt-F4" is the defacto "Close" for any Windows program.

DougP, MCP

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