start/stop a windows application

[mrbean]

For within a labview VI, I kick off (run) an exe (let's call it Scanner.exe) using the System Exec VI,  What I do not know, however, is how to shut it down remotely.  Is there a call for this?  Better yet, is there a way to query the currely running tasks (in WIndows 7) to (a) ensure that the system exec was successful and is indeed running, and (b) the use the application's name to shut it down somehow?  I am using LabView 2009

[udka]

I think this will help by using win32 API: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/81E9C1441900FFCE8625748F0055DBB0

[mtwar]

Hello!

Here you have shortened list of available messages:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff468922(v=vs.85).aspx

And here you have example of listing running tasks:

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-9276

Marcin

[AB@17]

Hi Bean,

U may kill any task using this command to system exec :  taskkill /f /im "EXE Name.exe".

EXE Name refers to Name in Task Manager

[Sam_Sharp]

You can also use the .NET process library - it's like SystemExec but offers a lot more functionality including being able to stop/kill/monitor a process.