Does the API call ExitProcess() work OK in VB6 if you follow the MS caveats?

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Published on 2010-06-17T17:03:24Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 19:43 UTC
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Microsoft indicates that VB6 doesn't support ExitProcess (to exit and return a value).

However, it indicates that this call can fail under certain circumstances (if a thread hasn't been completed, etc.)

so I'm wondering whether this call will work OK (consistently :-) as long as you obey the caveats in the article.

I could go a step further and call ExitProcess() from the Sub Main or Form which stared the app.

Update: after some more reading (I really did research this a bit before asking ) I found a suggestion to use the TerminateProcess API instead. I'm investigating that option.

Any thoughts?

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