Closing a VB .net app from external command line

[micropathic]

Hi,

 

If my vb .net app is running and I want to kill the process by sending a command to it, how can I do that? For instance if I can start the program w/ a switch like: myapp.exe /start is there a way to kill the app by sending a switch to it?

 

Basically what I'm trying to do his have my program run automatically when a user connects their Win CE device to the PC. That part I have figured out because the computer automatically detects when the device has been connected and it runs a registry key (auto_start_on_connect), so, when I enter the command line "myapp.exe /start" in that registry key, it fires that command. There is a similar registry key that fires as soon as the phone is disconnected called "auto_start_on_disconnect", but if I enter something like "myapp.exe /killit", it starts a whole other instance of my app and only passes the command to that instance.

 

How can I make it so the appliction instance already runnning receives a command to kill itself, without starting another instance of the app?

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

[NotesSensei]

Hi Micropahic,

Why not write your vb.net application as a windows service (if your'e not targeting Win98)? Then you can do a NET START and a NET STOP to start/stop it. .NET also allows you to start/stop services.

Hope that help

:-) stw

[micropathic]

That sounds like a good idea. I was not aware you could do that in .net.

 

Thanks!