Process

[Subramaniam s V]

Hi All, I have a small problem with the code snippet below. Can anyone help me out in this. I launched Internet Explorer as a process from my application. I closed the Internet Explorer using the close button and when I use the following code of "OpenProcess", the method still works(meaning that the method is able to the open the process with the specified ID. HANDLE p = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, dwProcessIdentifier); if(p != NULL) MessageBox(_T("Please check patient context"),_T("EDMS context change"),MB_OK); can anyone give some info on this please.

[Naveen]

Please try the below method HANDLE p = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, dwProcessIdentifier); DWORD dwEitCode = 0; if( 0 != hProcess) { GetExitCodeProcess( p,&dwEitCode ); if( ( STILL_ACTIVE == dwEitCode ) { // process is alive } else { // process is dead } Closehandle( p ) } nave

[Subramaniam s V]

Thanks Naveen. Its working as expected. Could you please tell me what was wrong with my code that I used. I had also checked for NULL of that Handle returned right?

[Naveen]

I too don't know. But just think.. if OpenProcess return NULL if the process dosen't exists, what's the significants of GetExitCodeProcess() api.. I too was facing the same problem some months back. nave