"ModelBuilder" wrote:

> In your first listing, you appear to be interchanging freely, myPro, myProc
> and myProcesses. Are these typos, or is your code really referencing three
> separate objects.
>
> In your second listing, you appear to have fixed the above, but you are
> killing items from the list as you iterate through the list of processes.
> This is always going to cause problems.
>
>
> "Ben" wrote:
>
> > Ho Joe
> > As a matter of fact I have step into and out ofeach line of the code, and I
> > just about all the variables, including the arrays has "nothing" showing. I
> > am stumped
> > But thanks I will keep on tweaking
> >
> > "josephshamiltons@gmail.com" wrote:
> >
> > > On Aug 31, 5:44 pm, Ben <B...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > I am trying to list all the instances of notepad and some other specific apps
> > > > running on my computer using the code below:
> > > >
> > > > Dim myPro() As System.Diagnostics.Process
> > > >
> > > > myProcess = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad")
> > > >
> > > > If myProcess.Length > 0 Then
> > > >
> > > > For Each myCess As Process In myProc
> > > >
> > > > If myCess.MainWindowTitle <> "" Then
> > > >
> > > > listboxBrowsers.Items.Add(myCess.MainWindowTitle)
> > > >
> > > > End If
> > > >
> > > > Next
> > > >
> > > > I do the above for each of the apps I want to appear in the listbox
> > > >
> > > > The problem is, not all instances of all process shows up in my listbox.
> > > > (the same for vista's Task Manager also - not all instances of winword or
> > > > firefox shows up there either - even though the correct number shows up in
> > > > TM's application list)
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to stop the process running in my listbox, by selecting a
> > > > process and then issueing a kill, but the code below is not working for me:
> > > >
> > > > Dim myProcesses As System.Diagnostics.Process()
> > > >
> > > > myProcesses =
> > > > Process.GetProcessesByName(listbox1.SelectedIndex.ToString())
> > > >
> > > > Dim processCount As Integer = myProcesses.Length
> > > >
> > > > For myProCount As Integer = 0 To processCount - 1
> > > >
> > > > myProcesses(myProCount).Kill()
> > > >
> > > > Next
> > > >
> > > > When I press the button over this code nothing happens
> > > >
> > > > I will be thankful for any help
> > >
> > > Saying that nothing happens or it doesn't work is evidence that you
> > > really have not investigated the problem very much.
> > >
> > > You need to step into the code and view each line to get a good idea
> > > of what is going on. Hover you mouse over each one of the objects you
> > > are creating to see what it is in them. For example: when you get the
> > > processes by name, does this actually populate the object with all the
> > > processes?
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm not trying to be hard on you but be sure you are using the
> > > debugger to it's fullest. If you don't know how to set breakpoints
> > > and step into the code, just ask and I will gladly explain it.
> > >
> > >