Activate Another Program 1

[sweep123]

I am looking for a API to activate another application from within mine, note I may need to activate several instances of this new application.

Would also like to know whats happening to each instance of these tasks; i.e. still runnng or terminated etc.

I have come across AppActivate in VB, and system and _spawnl in Visual C++. Just looking for a simple activation call with a handle, if possible.

Sweep123

 

[XerxesTheMighty]

ShellExecute(hwnd, "open", "app.exe", "", "", SW_SHOW);

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[Cagliostro]

use CreateProcess.

Ion Filipski

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[noodles1]

I agree with IonFilipski.

Use CreateProcess.

This will allow you to query the process handle, (obtained from the Process Information structure that you supply to the CreateProcess function).

You can use this handle with the WaitFor... functions to see if the process is still active or terminated.

 

[sweep123]

OK CreateProcess it is, useful for monitoring the task etc.

Many thanks

 

[minifiredragon]

Not to mention you can also terminate the process from within the app that created it.