shutdown

does anyone know shutdown command for windows millum

Conan Visinko

Start, Shut Down, Enter http://www.visualbasicforum.com/bbs/images/icons/wink.gif

"I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire

research the ExitWindowsEx API. i know there's a way using regsver/regsvr (whatever), but i don't know what it is

Check www.vbapi.com for the ExitWindowEx function, or if you use the search of this forum, because i'm sure somebody already answer this question before...

if you want to hit the stars,shoot to the sky.

'Shell "RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows"

Where do I type that code?

In the code window, in whatever function or event you want to shutdown windows with. If you wanted to shut down windows on the click of a button, you would put it in the Click event of the button.

Private Sub mnuToolsShutdownWindows_Click()
'Shell "RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows"
End Sub

That didn't work...

Take out the ' before the text, otherwise it's commented out, and doesn't run.

Look up the ExitWindowsEx API in your MSDN, that is the correct way of doing it. You will need the constant to shut down the computer, instead of rebooting etc.

I would also recommend using the 'proper' API way : ExitWindowsEx (VB API) (http://www.vbapi.com/ref/e/exitwindowsex.html)

Squirm, Divil already mentioned that images/icons/wink.gif.

ExitWindowsEx isn't VB API. It's Windows API.

Hey Squirm, how ya been? Haven't seen you on IRC latey...

He typed VB API because that is the name of the site he linked to.

Actually, reboot, you're just as wrong as anybody else.
It's a Windows API function.
And oh yeah... the argument "you know what I meant" won't cut it... after all you're suppose to be perfection.

-cl

I'm sure this is news to all of you, but VB actually does have api calls. Undocumented of course. And this is the only reason I pointed out the distinction.

Of course Visual Basic utilizes API calls. How else would the functions located in the runtime be called?

-cl

divil - I am good thanks.

reboot - I added VB API as a reference to the site name I was linking to, sorry for any confusion.