>>>>i have som problems with GetExitCodeProcess and ShellExecute, could somebody help me??
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>>>I don't know if I can help with GetExitCodeProcess (you need the process handle), but I can help with ShellExecute. What do you want to know and what are you trying to do?
>>if I use shellexecute, it give me a instance handle, but if i use GetExitCodeProcess, it gives me an error6, not a vlaid proccess handle.
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>The hInstance returned by ShellExecute() is only valid to check to see if the app launched; this is documented in the MSN docs. Use either ShellExecuteEx() or CreateProcess() if you need a process handle to monitor a running application.


thanks, ed, but can you sow me how to declare the call for ShellExecuteEx and, mos important, how to use and manage the structure that it needs??