>seems to be what I need but I got the following error
>
>too many arguments
>
>

>    DECLARE SHORT GetExitCodeProcess IN WIN32API AS GetExitCodeProc ;
>        INTEGER hProcess, ;
>        @INTEGER lpdwExitCode
>    LOCAL nRetunCode
>    nReturnCode = 0
> 	
>    IF GetExitCodeProc(tnProcessToCheck, @nReturnCode)  && HERE HERE
>

Hi Selim,

The declaration is wrong. It should be no '@' in front of INTEGER

    DECLARE SHORT GetExitCodeProcess IN WIN32API AS GetExitCodeProc ;
        INTEGER hProcess, ;
        INTEGER lpdwExitCode

    IF (GetExitCodeProc(tnProcessToCheck, nReturnCode) != 259)

Also, for NT based system when you want to terminate a process, you must first open the process and set permission to terminate then you can terminate it.