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ShellExecute but wait for completion?
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03/04/2000 12:26:00
Ed Rauh
Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Title:
Re: ShellExecute but wait for completion?
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Thread ID:
00354373
Message ID:
00354390
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>I need to call an old 16bit exe file so I'm using ShellExecute. The only problem is that I also need to wait for completion of this third-party executable before my VFP app can continue processing.
>

Implement the more complex ShellExecuteEx() which returns a real process handle, and do something similar in scope to API_APPRUN.

>Any ideas?
>
>TIA,
EMail: EdR@edrauh.com
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