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- From: braindl@uhura.aston.ac.uk (David Brain)
- Subject: Re: kill apps from cli?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.085314.15388@aston.ac.uk>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:53:14 GMT
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- Clive Jones (crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan22.095903.22140@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> thughes@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes) writes:
- : >It's certainly possible to list the running tasks - you just call
- : >TaskManager_EnumerateTasks repeatedly, outputing the information. The
- : >other question is trickier, as you would have to send a Message_Quit
- : >to the task concerned, which can't be done unless you're a desktop
- : >task.
- :
- : You're right about the TaskManager_EnumerateTasks call, provided, of
- : course, that you're running under RiscOS3, and haven't rebooted the
- : taskmanager recently.
- :
- : Quitting a Wimp application, however, is far easier than that (a
- : Message_Quit can be ignored by the application in any case, even if
- : you do send one). All you need to do is call Wimp_CloseDown with
-
- Thanks..but can anyone mail me the details of the TaskManager_* SWIs
- as I haven't got the Riscos 3 PRMS.
-
- I think the SWIs in question are:-
-
- TaskManager_EnumerateTasks
- TaskManager_TaskNameFromHandle
- TaskManager_Shutdown (????on RO3 even calling this gives me SWI not
- known error [A5000 RO3.0])
-
- Thanks in advance.
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