Option Explicit
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Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20&
Private Const WAIT_INFINITE= -1&
Private Type STARTUPINFO
cb As Long
lpReserved As String
lpDesktop As String
lpTitle As String
dwX As Long
dwY As Long
dwXSize As Long
dwYSize As Long
dwXCountChars As Long
dwYCountChars As Long
dwFillAttribute As Long
dwFlags As Long
wShowWindow As Long
cbReserved2 As Long
lpReserved2 As Long
hStdInput As Long
hStdOutput As Long
hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
hProcess As Long
hThread As Long
dwProcessId As Long
dwThreadID As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "CreateProcessA" _
(ByVal lpAppName As Long, _
ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, _
ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, _
ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, _
lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hHandle As Long, _
ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
RunProcess "c:\windows\notepad.exe"
End Sub
Private Sub RunProcess (cmdline As String)
Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim start As STARTUPINFO
'Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure by
'passing to start the size of the STARTUPINFO
'type. Setting the .cb member is the only
'item of the structure needed to launch the program
start.cb = Len(start)
'Start the application
Call CreateProcess(0&, cmdline, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, _
start, proc)
'Wait for the application to finish
Call WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, WAIT_INFINITE)
'Close the handle to the process
Call CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
'Close the handle to the thread created
Call CloseHandle(proc.hThread)
MsgBox "The Shelled process " & cmdline & " has ended."
End Sub
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