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(********************************************************************************
 Title         : Procedure KillMappointInstances
 Function      : Kill's all active MapPoint objects anywehere in memory
 Result        : Number of instances found and terminated
 Author        : Martin Beek, martin@martinbeek.net
 Uses          : TLHelp32
********************************************************************************)

function KillMapPointInstances : Integer;
const
  PROCESS_TERMINATE = $0001;
  EXEFILENAME       = 'MapPoint.exe';
var
  ContinueLoop    : BOOL;
  FSnapshotHandle : THandle;
  FProcessEntry32 : TProcessEntry32;
begin
  Result := 0;
  FSnapshotHandle := CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
  FProcessEntry32.dwSize := SizeOf(FProcessEntry32);
  ContinueLoop := Process32First(FSnapshotHandle, FProcessEntry32);

  while Integer(ContinueLoop) <> 0 do
  begin
    if ((UpperCase(ExtractFileName(FProcessEntry32.szExeFile)) =
      UpperCase(ExeFileName)) or (UpperCase(FProcessEntry32.szExeFile) =
      UpperCase(ExeFileName))) then
      Result := Integer(TerminateProcess(
                        OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE,
                                    BOOL(0),
                                    FProcessEntry32.th32ProcessID),
                                    0));
     ContinueLoop := Process32Next(FSnapshotHandle, FProcessEntry32);
  end;
  CloseHandle(FSnapshotHandle);
end;