Question about WinExec()

[driessen]

Hello,

Why isn't this code working?

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WinExec("TASKKILL.EXE /IM OUTLOOK.EXE /F",0)

When I try this command line in the command prompt, it is working just fine.

Someone any idea?

Thanks.

[karinha]

Maybe:

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WinExec("TASKKILL /F /s terminal /u password /im OUTLOOK.EXE",0)
 

Regards.

[hua]

Michel,
Maybe can try experimenting with ShellExecute()

[driessen]

Thanks for your suggestion, but ShellExecute() doesn't do the job either.

So I developed a solution by going arround the problem :

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IF FILE(nProg1 + "KILLOUT.BAT") ; DELETE FILE(nProg1 + "KILLOUT.BAT") ; ENDIF
aOutFile := FCREATE(nProg1 + "KILLOUT.BAT")
FWRITE(aOutFile,"TASKKILL.EXE /F /IM OUTLOOK.EXE")
FCLOSE(aOutFile)
WinExec(nProg1 + "KILLOUT.BAT",0)
SYSWAIT(1)
IF FILE(nProg1 + "KILLOUT.BAT") ; DELETE FILE(nProg1 + "KILLOUT.BAT") ; ENDIF

And guess what? It works this way.

Thank you.

[Antonio Linares]

very good!

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Hello,

Why isn't this code working?

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WinExec("TASKKILL.EXE /IM OUTLOOK.EXE /F",0)

When I try this command line in the command prompt, it is working just fine.

Someone any idea?

Thanks.

I tried your sample as is and it worked fine.

EMG

[Euclides]

Hi to all.

WinExec("TASKKILL.EXE /IM NOTEPAD.EXE /F",0)
did not work im my computer (W 8.1)
but...

WinExec("CMD /C TASKKILL.EXE /IM NOTEPAD.EXE /F",0)
did the job.
Regards, Euclides

[driessen]

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
I'll try it out tomorrow.

After edit : Thank you so much. It works fine now.

[Otto]

Hello Euclides,

May I ask for your help.
Do you think that I could replace this function with a Winexec().

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function runIndxprg( nkdnr )
    local cText := ""
    
    cText += "cd\" + CRLF
    cText += "cd C:\Windows\System32" + CRLF
    cText += "REM window-position=y col,x row" + CRLF  
    cText += "start chrome --new-window --app=https://test.com.space/formular/index.prg?recnr=" + ALLTRIM(STR( nkdnr )) + "--window-position=600,300  --window-size=1500,730" 

    memowrit("c:\xwinhotel\formular.bat", cText )
    
    waitrun( "c:\xwinhotel\formular.bat", 0 )

return nil
    
 

Sincerely
Otto

[Euclides]

Hi Otto.
The same way...

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  nkdnr := 10
  WinExec("CMD /C start chrome --new-window --app=https://test.com.space/formular/index.prg?recnr=" + ALLTRIM(STR( nkdnr )) + " --window-position=600,300  --window-size=1500,730",0)
 

It opened the window with the correct size but got DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN error.
But...

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   WinExec("CMD /C start chrome --new-window --app=http://fivewin.com.br/index.php?/files/ --window-position=600,300 --window-size=1500,730",0)
 

Opens the site OK but does not respect the window sposition and size parameters
With your program compiled, got the same DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN error.
Regards, Euclides

[Otto]

Hello Euclides,

Thanks, it works very well. I run the program in localhost.

I want to make my WINHOTEL extensions in the future with mod harbour since we can access the same databases.
Thanks again. The call is much safer now. No bat-file - which you can change - in between.

Best regards,
Otto