>I tried copying the .xfdf file to an .exe and createprocess attempts to run it so that must be it...
>
>Is there any other way to run an app and wait for it to close that will use file association and not require the app to be an '.exe' file?
Hi Tracy,

guestimate:

start the process via shellexecute (for xfdf),
get the necessary handles directly afterwards
to WaitforSingleObject-like processing.

Should work. If it doesn't, use brute force:
check for the running process in a loop
or through other interprocess communication.


HTH

thomas