C / C++ / MFC

kulkarniquiet wrote:

Is there any VC++ API, which executes any process through shell and returns its status?

kulkarniquiet wrote:

Any suggetions?

Kwanalouie wrote:

That code is called each time the mouse is pressed while on the arrow, but I can't tell whether the up arrow or the down arrow is pressed. So if I use that routine, I don't know whether to increment or decrement a value like I want to.

tom groezer wrote:

I'm waiting for this process to complete but that line is after DoModal after which the control is not going.

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

//--------------------------------------
// IDD_PROCESSWAITER dialog resource
//--------------------------------------

IDD_PROCESSWAITER DIALOGEX 0, 0, 193, 50
STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION
CAPTION "Waiting..."
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 400, 0, 0x1
BEGIN
    CTEXT           "Waiting for process to complete...",IDC_STATIC,7,17,179,8
END



//--------------------------------------
// ProcessWaiter.h
//--------------------------------------

#pragma once

// CProcessWaiter dialog

class CProcessWaiter : public CDialog
{
	DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CProcessWaiter)

	CString ProcessPathname;

	static UINT __cdecl ProcessCreatorAndWaiterThread(LPVOID pParam);

public:
	CProcessWaiter(CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor
	virtual ~CProcessWaiter();

	INT_PTR ExecuteProcessAndWait(LPCTSTR pathname);

// Dialog Data
	enum { IDD = IDD_PROCESSWAITER };

protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support

	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()

protected:
	virtual BOOL OnInitDialog();
	virtual void OnOK();
	virtual void OnCancel();
	afx_msg LRESULT OnThreadComplete(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
};



//--------------------------------------
// ProcessWaiter.cpp
//--------------------------------------

// ProcessWaiter.cpp : implementation file
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "ProcessWaiter.h"


#define WMX_THREADCOMPLETE (WM_APP + 42)

// CProcessWaiter dialog

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CProcessWaiter, CDialog)

CProcessWaiter::CProcessWaiter(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CProcessWaiter::IDD, pParent)
{
}

CProcessWaiter::~CProcessWaiter()
{
}

INT_PTR CProcessWaiter::ExecuteProcessAndWait(LPCTSTR pathname)
{
	ProcessPathname = pathname;

	return DoModal();
}


UINT __cdecl CProcessWaiter::ProcessCreatorAndWaiterThread(LPVOID pParam)
{
	CProcessWaiter *pThis = (CProcessWaiter*) pParam;

	PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInfo;
	STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
	memset(&StartupInfo, 0, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
	StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);  

	if (0 != ::CreateProcess(pThis->ProcessPathname,//  LPCTSTR lpApplicationName,
							NULL,					//  LPTSTR lpCommandLine,
							NULL,					//  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes,
							NULL,					//  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,
							FALSE,					//  BOOL bInheritHandles,
							NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,	//  DWORD dwCreationFlags,
							NULL,					//  LPVOID lpEnvironment,
							NULL,					//  LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory,
							&StartupInfo,			//  LPSTARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo,
							&ProcessInfo			//  LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation
							))
	{
		::WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);

		::CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hProcess);  
		::CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hThread);  
	}

	pThis->PostMessage(WMX_THREADCOMPLETE);

	return 0;
}


void CProcessWaiter::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}


BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CProcessWaiter, CDialog)
	ON_MESSAGE(WMX_THREADCOMPLETE, &CProcessWaiter::OnThreadComplete)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CProcessWaiter message handlers

BOOL CProcessWaiter::OnInitDialog()
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();

	AfxBeginThread(&CProcessWaiter::ProcessCreatorAndWaiterThread, this);

	return TRUE;  // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control
	// EXCEPTION: OCX Property Pages should return FALSE
}

void CProcessWaiter::OnOK()
{
	// Do nothing!
}

void CProcessWaiter::OnCancel()
{
	// Do nothing!
}

LRESULT CProcessWaiter::OnThreadComplete(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	EndDialog(0);

	return 0;
}



//--------------------------------------
// Example usage
//--------------------------------------

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "ProcessWaiter.h"
...
	CProcessWaiter ProcessWaiter(this);
	ProcessWaiter.ExecuteProcessAndWait(_T("C:\\Windows\\system32\\notepad.exe"));

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

tom groezer wrote:

// TODO: Place code here to handle when the dialog is
// dismissed with OK

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