Program Killer

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: VB Program Killer 2.XX Source (No Longer Maintained)

Notes:
Source Code Version.

NOTE: VISUAL BASIC VERSION IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED.  USE THE DELPHI 6 VERSION INSTEAD.


Contains Binary and Source Code files.  Requires the VB6
Runtime Libraries, which may be obtained at:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/vbrun60sp3.exe

The MSCOMCTL.OCX Control that may be required (if it is not
installed on the target machines) may be found at the
following location:

http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSComCtl.cab

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Please read the included README.txt File for further
Information on the use of the Program Killer, and read
progscript.txt for use of the included Batch files.




Changes:
Version 2.00
	--First Release

Version 2.10
	--Cleaned and Spellchecked some of the comments in the Source Code.

	--Moved the Command Line Parsing Code and Set Options Code out
	  of the Form_Load() Sub (Reduces the Complexity of the Sub).

	--Made lvList default to the first item in the List rather than
	  KERNEL32.DLL (Windows 95/98/Me) or [System Process] (Win2k).

	--Removed all References to Windows NT 4.0, as lacks the
	  CreateToolhelp32Snapshot() API Call which is used to get the
	  Process List.

	--Added a Third Timer to frmMain (Main Form) that fires once
	  every 15 minutes to refresh the System Tray Icon (In the
	  event that EXPLORER.EXE crashes for some unknown reason and
	  reloads). [Thanks goto Rick Bundren for the Timer code]

	--Updated the Default List of killed programs in progkill.txt.

Version 2.11
	--Fixed a typo in tmrIcon_Timer() where the System Tray calling
	  function systemTray() was being sent "del" when it should
	  have been sent "delete". [Found by: Jason Callhand]

        --Added Office 2000 Border Styles to all CommandButtons and
          ListViews for a "Different Look"

Version 2.12
        --Found a supposed fix for the System Tray Menu Bug where if
          the menu was activated then the user clicked away, the menu
          would still remain visible until one of the items was clicked.
          (Fixed by added an API Call to SetForegroundWindow(Me.Hwnd))

        --Fixed the Version display string in the frmAbout Dialog.

        --Added "die" command to the Batch files to force people to first
          edit them and set %thePath% Variable to the appropiate directory
          before using the Scripts.

        --Fixed a Process Scan Bug where if Process_A had a short EXE name
          was running, It might be terminated if Process_B that was in the
          Process Termination List contained the the name of Process_A.
          (i.e., RS.EXE is running on the Client, and the Program Killer is
          looking for OFFERS.EXE, then it would terminate RS.EXE, because it
          found RS.EXE inside of OFFERS.EXE.)

        --Moved the Code that actually does the Killing of the desired process
          (whether by the kill button on the Main Form (frmMain), or because an
          offending process was found in the process list) to it's own Sub to
          reduce the complexity of the Terminate() Sub and cmdKill_Click() Event.