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- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
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- Subject: Re: send restart message
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- References: <RIETH.93Jan24120629@namu02.gwdg.de>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:02:45 +0000
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- In article <RIETH.93Jan24120629@namu02.gwdg.de> rieth@namu01.gwdg.de writes:
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- >i am looking for the possibility to restart windows from an application.
- >I know that i just have to send some kind of a message to windows and
- >that it (ofcourse) has something to do with the number 42 in the parameters
- >or something like that.
- >
- >does anyone know the exact message followup with parametervalues for windows
- >and if special for BorlandC++3.1 ???
- >
- > any kind of message to me would be nice
- > i say 42, BrainMan
- >
-
- The function call you need is:
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- ExitWindows( EW_RESTARTWINDOWS, 0 );
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- where, as you suggested, EW_RESTARTWINDOWS is a constant (defined in WINDOWS.H
- which has the value 0x42.
-
- Best wishes,
-
- Chris
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