A VBS implemenation ...
Set oWMI = GetObject("WinMgmts://localhost")
For Each oProcess In oWMI.ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Process where
name='Broker.EXE'")
oProcess.Terminate
Next
Careful of the line wraps ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Biran"
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:50 pm
Subject: RE: [amibroker] Vista and AmiBroker
To: [email protected]
> How do you do that? (WMI)
>
>
>
> Joseph Biran
> ____________________________________________
>
>
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Vista and AmiBroker
>
>
>
> Best to check whether AB has actually shut down or not using
> WMI ... If it hasn't or refuses to via OLE it can be
> terminated this way as well.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ara Kaloustian
> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Vista and AmiBroker
> To: [email protected]
>
> > Ed, I had same problem with XP.
> >
> > Mine was clearly caused by shutting down AB using jscript
> or OLE
> > . I suppose
> > it was OLE since that runs last.
> >
> > I beleive it was the way I was closing AB after processing
> data.
> >
> > Sorry can not be more specific, but I do know various OS
> respond
> > differently
> > to script / OLE.
> >
> > currently I use (in OLE):
> > To open: AB = new ActiveXObject("Broker.Application")
> > To Close: AB.Quit()
> >
> > Ara
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed Hoopes"
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:07 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] Vista and AmiBroker
> >
> >
> > >I have a < 1 year old (new to me) laptop running AB 5.13
> with the
> > > Vista operating system.
> > >
> > > Twice, when I shut down the computer things go very
> wrong with the
> > > shutdown hanging and other ??? stuff. When I re-boot
> > AmiBroker is
> > > very corrupted, requiring days of re-building things. I
> > understand AB
> > > well enough to fix things - probably in a clumsy way,
> though.
> > >
> > > I have been baffled as to why this is happening - but
> now I
> > have a
> > > hint - I just went to shut things down and my FireFox
> browser was
> > > still running as a zombie process - not visible in the
> app
> > tray or in
> > > the Task Manager Applications tab, but visible in the
> Process tab.
> > > When I killed the process, then the shutdown proceeded.
> !
> > (FireFox was
> > > smart enough to prompt me that it was still running and
> wanted
> > to know
> > > what it should do.)
> > >
> > > HYPOTHESIS - Maybe AB becomes a zombie and corrupts
> things
> > when the OS
> > > shuts down anyway??
> > >
> > > Anyone out there having this problem???
> > >
> > > ReefBreak
> > >
> > > PS My previous Toshiba laptop with Win XP NEVER did
> this.
> > > ------------------------------------
>
>
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