Zabu,

What specific problems are you having? Are you sure that you are
using the correct class name and window name for the call to
FindWindow (use Spy++ to find out the proper values)? Does the
window not respond to the sent messages?


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"ZABU" wrote in message
...
Peter, Vasant or Chip:

I have finally tested the code discussed in prior posts
regarding closing an
external application with VBA Code. I have successfully
executed the "Send
and Wait" command for the "Calc.exe" Test use of API calls and
monitoring.
Once the program is clsoed a message appears, which
communicates that the
program has been closed.

I am currently at the following step and am having diffuculty.
I need to
find a particular window and close the application associated
with the
window after a search and data transfer to excel (this will
occur about 30
times, so this many windows will have to be closed). I have
reviewed the
following code from Chip Pearson (I believe), but am having
difficulty. I
believe that I need to find the specific classname and window
name
associated with the "FindWindowA" function. This is shown in
the code below,
but I cannot get it to execute. Please send any informatin
that may assist
in my efforts. Example code will be very useful! Many thanks
in advance!

Kind Regards,

ZABU


Code located on the Google Groups:

Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" _
(ByVal HWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As
Long, lParam As
Any) As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias
"FindWindowA" _
(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String)
As Long

Public Const WM_CLOSE = &H10
Public Const WM_DESTROY = &H2
Public Const WM_NCDESTROY = &H82


Sub CloseWindow()
Dim HWnd As Long
'Dim lpClassName As String
'Dim lpWindowName As String

HWnd = FindWindow("CabinetWclass", "Baytek WinBLISS")
If HWnd 0 Then
SendMessage HWnd, WM_NCDESTROY, 0, 0
End If
End Sub