Closing another autoit from within autoit

[boogieoompa]

I have an autoit script running in the background (the process is named autoit3.exe, even though I named the app differently) but I want to kill this process from another autoit script but I don't know how to close it since both apps have the same process name.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[SmOke_N]

Try this:

If _PCloseSameName('autoit.exe') Then MsgBox(0, 'info:', 'You have the only .exe with your name running')

Func _PCloseSameName($sExeName)
    Local $aProcList = ProcessList()
    For $iCount = 1 To $aProcList[0][0]
        If $aProcList[$iCount][0] = $sExeName And $aProcList[$iCount][1] <> @AutoItPID Then
          ProcessClose($aProcList[$iCount][1])
          Return 1
        EndIf
    Next
    Return 0
EndFunc

Edited June 18, 2006 by SmOke_N

[herewasplato]

Try this:

If _PCloseSameName('autoit.exe') Then MsgBox(0, 'info:', 'You have the only .exe with your name running')

Func _PCloseSameName($sExeName)
    Local $aProcList = ProcessList()
    For $iCount = 1 To $aProcList[0][0]
        If $aProcList[$iCount][0] = $sExeName And $aProcList[$iCount][1] <> @AutoItPID Then
          ProcessClose($aProcList[$iCount][1])
          Return 1
        EndIf
    Next
    Return 0
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@boogieoompa,

Have you seen FAQ #14?

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/faq.htm#14

Maybe it does not apply here.

[SmOke_N]

Thanks, but it would probably be more like this, since it's going to be the only instance regardless lol:

If _PCloseSameName('autoit3.exe') Then
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'There was another instance that was eliminated.' & @CR & 'You now have the only instance running.')
Else
    MsgBox(0, 'info:', 'You have the only .exe with your name running')
EndIf

Func _PCloseSameName($sExeName)
    Local $aProcList = ProcessList(), $iFound = 0
    For $iCount = 1 To $aProcList[0][0]
        If $aProcList[$iCount][0] = $sExeName And $aProcList[$iCount][1] <> @AutoItPID Then
          ProcessClose($aProcList[$iCount][1])
          $iFound = 1
        EndIf
    Next
    If $iFound Then Return 1
    Return 0
EndFunc

Edited June 18, 2006 by SmOke_N

[herewasplato]

...but it would probably be more like this...

Yep, better. Keep it up.