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1.1       root        1:  Sample: Creating and Ending Processes
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                      3: Summary:
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                      5: The PROCESS sample provides a simple interface to the
                      6: CreateProcess and TerminateProcess functions.  In order to
                      7: create a process the user is presented with a common dialog
                      8: for selecting a file.  In this case, the file must have an
                      9: extension of .EXE.  Processes which are started are
                     10: presented in a list box.  Any of the processes may be
                     11: selected in the list box and then terminated.
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                     13: Warning:  "TerminateProcess is used to cause all of the
                     14: threads within a process to terminate.  While
                     15: TerminateProcess will cause all threads within a process to
                     16: terminate, and will cause an application to exit, it does
                     17: not notify DLLs that the process is attached to that the
                     18: process is terminating.  TerminateProcess is used to
                     19: unconditionally cause a process to exit.  It should only be
                     20: used in extreme circumstances.  The state of global data
                     21: maintained by DLLs may be compromised if TerminateProcess is
                     22: used rather than ExitProcess."
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