Re: bug in GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent?

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From: Gary Chanson (gchanson_at_No.Spam.TheWorld.net)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:22:40 -0400

"Sam Jost" <samjost@web.de> wrote in message
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> "Sam Jost" <lumica@noemail.nospam> wrote:
> > I'm trying to end a process by sending him ctrl+break with
> > GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent.
>
> Ah well, I did a few days of digging into this matter, and since the
> only way to send a ctrl+c or ctrl+break to a console app would kill
> the sending app too I just start a new process to attach to the
> console one that'll kill both by sending ctrl+c to it. So my main app
> did not need to do the dirty work of killing the sub app, and
> everyone's getting a friendly end.

    It's only a close event which forces the application to end. 

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