I have a compiled EXE that serves to produce PDF output from a website. Occassionally it runs into trouble when the parameters sent to it produce a nonsensical query and it hangs or crashes. This leaves an instance running on the webserver that gets in the way of replacing the EXE with a newer version until IIS or even the server box is rebooted. I'm trying to devise a way to cause the EXE to shutdown in the event of an error or if it gets caught in an infinate loop. Thoughts include some type of timer setup and/or a "QUIT" in the catch section of a try/catch sequence.

Thoughts or ideas?

Thanks