How to close another application

You can use the AppFind and AppClose statements from a script. Also, you need to use ESC STX < instead of > because the > form will cause AccuTerm to wait until the app is closed by the user. The < form allows AccuTerm to run in parallel with the launched app.

For example, if you open IE with:

EQU ESC TO CHAR(27), STX TO CHAR(2), CR TO CHAR(13), EM TO CHAR(25) PRINT ESC:STX:'<http://www.google.com':CR:

you can close it with:

PRINT ESC:STX:'P X=AppFind("Google"): If X <> "" Then AppClose X':CR:

If you need to be more precise about locating the app you want to close, you can get a list of all open apps, then use a loop to find the one you are interested in and close it:

SCR='Dim x() As String':EM SCR=SCR:'AppList x':EM SCR=SCR:'For i = LBound(x) To UBound(x)':EM SCR=SCR:'If InStr(1,x(i),"Microsoft Internet Explorer") > 0 Then':EM SCR=SCR:'AppClose x(i)':EM SCR=SCR:'Exit For':EM SCR=SCR:'End If':EM SCR=SCR:'Next i' PRINT ESC:STX:'P':SCR:CR:

Thanks,

Pete

How about using cURL or WGET?

Hi Peter,

cURL is a command-line utility to perform http transfers. You can use it to download a webpage using a command like:

  [path-to-curl]\curl.exe -o destination-filename  url-to-get

For example:

  curl -o .\dest\webpage.htm http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/statistics/exandint/b1/data.html

There are a heap of options that I haven't explored. I've only used it to automate the download of spreadsheets, but it is much more functional than that.

WGET is broadly similar. They say they aren't the same as each other, but you be the judge ...

Have a look at both and see if they meet your needs.

Cheers,

Brian