C / C++ / MFC

John502 wrote:

Cany one help me out how to execute this query...

size_t ExecuteProcess(std::wstring FullPathToExe, std::wstring Parameters, size_t SecondsToWait)
{
    size_t iMyCounter = 0, iReturnVal = 0, iPos = 0;
    DWORD dwExitCode = 0;
    std::wstring sTempStr = L"";

    /* - NOTE - You should check here to see if the exe even exists */

    /* Add a space to the beginning of the Parameters */
    if (Parameters.size() != 0)
    {
        if (Parameters[0] != L' ')
        {
            Parameters.insert(0,L" ");
        }
    }

    /* The first parameter needs to be the exe itself */
    sTempStr = FullPathToExe;
    iPos = sTempStr.find_last_of(L"\\");
    sTempStr.erase(0, iPos +1);
    Parameters = sTempStr.append(Parameters);

     /* CreateProcessW can modify Parameters thus we allocate needed memory */
    wchar_t * pwszParam = new wchar_t[Parameters.size() + 1];
    if (pwszParam == 0)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    const wchar_t* pchrTemp = Parameters.c_str();
    wcscpy_s(pwszParam, Parameters.size() + 1, pchrTemp);

    /* CreateProcess API initialization */
    STARTUPINFOW siStartupInfo;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcessInfo;
    memset(&siStartupInfo, 0, sizeof(siStartupInfo));
    memset(&piProcessInfo, 0, sizeof(piProcessInfo));
    siStartupInfo.cb = sizeof(siStartupInfo);

    if (CreateProcessW(const_cast<LPCWSTR>(FullPathToExe.c_str()),
                            pwszParam, 0, 0, false,
                            CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE, 0, 0,
                            &siStartupInfo, &piProcessInfo) != false)
    {
         /* Watch the process. */
        dwExitCode = WaitForSingleObject(piProcessInfo.hProcess, (SecondsToWait * 1000));
    }
    else
    {
        /* CreateProcess failed */
        iReturnVal = GetLastError();
    }

    /* Free memory */
    delete[]pwszParam;
    pwszParam = 0;

    /* Release handles */
    CloseHandle(piProcessInfo.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(piProcessInfo.hThread);

    return iReturnVal;
} 

yogeshs wrote:

I created a .exe

yogeshs wrote:

Any Ideas?????

yogeshs wrote:

Actually,we are using a third party exe