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I have created a process with ShellExecuteEx()
I want my main process to wait untill this process end.
how could I do that ?
Nov 17 '05 #1
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>I have created a process with ShellExecuteEx()
I want my main process to wait untill this process end.
how could I do that ?


Lloyd,

Have a look at the WaitForXXX APIs. At the simplest level, you can
just WaitForSingleObject on the process handle returned from SEEx.

Dave
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MVP VC++ FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/vcfaq
Nov 17 '05 #2
great, thanks !

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I have created a process with ShellExecuteEx()
I want my main process to wait untill this process end.
how could I do that ?


Lloyd,

Have a look at the WaitForXXX APIs. At the simplest level, you can
just WaitForSingleObject on the process handle returned from SEEx.

Dave
--
MVP VC++ FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/vcfaq

Nov 17 '05 #3

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