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Programmatically Close Another Program

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To have a program programmatically close another program, use this code:

 ' Close an existing program	Title = "VBApp"	ihWnd = FindWindow(0&, Title)	ihTask = GetWindowTask(ihWnd)	iRet = PostAppMessage(ihTask, WM_QUIT, 0, 0&)	MsgBox "Check it out! The VB App should be history"

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