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use createProcess instead of shellexecute<br />
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sample follows<br />
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meikl ;-)
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use createProcess instead of shellexecute

sample follows

meikl ;-)

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sample already in the link from f68 above
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sample already in the link from f68 above

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Hi,<br />
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I have an application which fires off an external executable using the ShellExecute function. In my program I need to start some processing after the executable has finished running, how do I find out when the executable has finished?<br />
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Hi,

I have an application which fires off an external executable using the ShellExecute function. In my program I need to start some processing after the executable has finished running, how do I find out when the executable has finished?



Waiting for an EXE to close

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