Shut down a non-LabVIEW program with LabVIEW?

[epster88]

I have two programs running on the same computer.  One is a 3rd party software package that collects data from a sensor and generates files.  The other is a LabVIEW application that analyzes the files before deleting them.  (The 3rd party software is written in LabVIEW, but closed source.)

I want to shut down the 3rd party software automatically whenever my LabVIEW application shuts down.  If someone shuts down the LabVIEW app without stopping data acquistion on the 3rd party software, the hard drive will fill up with files in about a day.  Not good!

Is this possible without having to shut down the computer?

[Mathan · Accepted solution]

Will "Task kill" in command prompt help you achieve what you want? Use systemexec in LabVIEW to do this. Post back if this is not what you want.

Mathan

[epster88]

It works.  Thanks.