in reply to Exiting from a thread.

Check out some of these threads on inter process communication, that might point you in the right direction for a more graceful shutdown of your app.

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Re^2: Exiting from a thread.
by Dr. Mu (Hermit) on Nov 03, 2005 at 23:04 UTC
    I know there are more graceful ways to do it. But my question is, "Are there reasons -- beyond aesthetics -- to go to all the trouble?"
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      Are there reasons -- beyond aesthetics -- to go to all the trouble?
      No.

      Dave.

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