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Closing Internet Explorer (IE) from Delphi
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Question:
My application has to close the IE. How can an application close the Internet Explorer or an Explorer window?
Answer:
The key is to post to the *right* window. Use the code below and it will close all instances of IE.
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program Sample;
function CloseIEs(Wnd : HWnd; Form : TForm1) : Boolean; export; stdcall;
var
sCap : array [0..255] of char;
begin
GetWindowText (Wnd, sCap, sizeof(sCap));
if pos ('Microsoft Internet Explorer', sCap) > 0 then
begin
PostMessage (Wnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
end
else
begin
// check by class name!
GetClassName (Wnd, sCap, sizeof(sCap));
if sCap = 'IEFrame' then
PostMessage (Wnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
end;
CloseIEs := true; { next window, please }
end;
begin
// close all hidden instances
EnumWindows(@CloseIEs, 0);
end. | ||
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