Re: how to stop a running process

Thanks for the advice. but how do i send my process the WM_DESTROY message?
maria

"r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:32:03 -0700, "mcruz"
> <mcruz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I am a newbie. I am developing an application that uses threads to gather
> >data from a socket. I am finding that my code somehow does not let the main
> >UI thread do its job. so the screen (just for my application) does not
> >respond.
> >
>
> Perhaps your thread is hogging the CPU. Does it call Sleep and/or
> WaitForSingleObject (or something similar) to make it pause? If not,
> that is a likely cause of the problem.
>
>
> >Is there another way to just kill my application? i read on this newsgroup
> >about sending the app a "kill message" if i have the applications "handle".
> >i am hoping for something more like "taskmanager" or a way to list running
> >processes on the PPC. select the process and kill it.
>
> I believe your app should respond to WM_DESTROY so the operating
> system can kill it, I _think_ this is a requirement for "Logo"
> certification. It seems like good practice anyway. Probably similar
> for WM_COMMANDS with IDOK and IDCANCEL, and/or WM_CLOSE. But, if your
> main thread is hung or starved for CPU, it won't have a chance to
> process any message you send it.
>
>
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