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Re: Win32 ShellExecute

• Posted by tone.skoda at gmx.net Oct 28, 2002
• 432 views

Take a look at file process.ew included in IDE.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <paulp at sugardog.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Win32 ShellExecute


> 
> I am using the win32 ShellExecute function to run a win32 console
> program in a hidden window from a gui program the console program writes 
> to a file when finished.  I am currently using Euwingui 
> with my own ShellExecute function because Euwingui does not have a 
> hidden shell execute.
>  This works correctly but the calling program does not know when the 
> called program has finished. I am currently using a loop and the dir 
> function which checks for the existance of the filename and a filesize 
> greater than zero. I would like to have a better way to check if the 
> called program has finished and exited. The loop method could possibly 
> get stuck in an endless loop.
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