Conspawn

[vmaruv]

Hi,
I'm Back.

can someone tell me what is conspawn.exe ? I am trying to execute a batch file from my VB 6 code and get the output in a text window. I needed help with this and found it in an article "Capturing the Output of a shelled program" at Developers domain.com site. (

http://www.developersdomain.com/vb/articles/redirectpipe.htm).

To execute the code in Windows 95, the author makes use of an external exe called conspawn. Please can someone explain what it means ? I tried to get some info in google but of no help.

How safe is the usage of this exe ? is there an alternative to this exe? Please suggest..

Thanks in Advance

 

[mattKnight]

If you read the article a little closer, the source sode is listed

This proxy application implemented in C is shown below. It takes the name of the program it should run as an argument at the command line. The compiled version of this code is available for download ]here.

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
BOOL bRet = FALSE;
STARTUPINFO si = {0};
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};

// Make child process use this app's standard files.
si.cb = sizeof(si);
si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
si.hStdInput = GetStdHandle (STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
si.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle (STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
si.hStdError = GetStdHandle (STD_ERROR_HANDLE);

bRet = CreateProcess (NULL, argv[1],
NULL, NULL,
TRUE, 0,
NULL, NULL,
&si, &pi
);
if (bRet)
{
WaitForSingleObject (pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
CloseHandle (pi.hProcess);
CloseHandle (pi.hThread);
}
}

There is even a link included

Take Care

Matt
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

 

[strongm]

We've referred to this code before, in thread222-567909

The source code for conspawn is included on the page you reference (it's the C code down the bottom). Just before the C code is a link to a downloadable zip file of the compiled version, and just below the C code are links to example projects that include conspawn.exe

To make it easier for you:

http://www.developersdomain.com/vb/codedownloads/conspawn.zip

 

[vmaruv]

Hi,

I have implemented this code in my project and it is working fine. But my question is regarding conspawn as the code does not have info regarding it. My questions are:

1) I do not know what conspawn.exe is absolutely.
2) I also am not sure of complication of using it in my project. I need your help and advice of whether it is safe to use the code at the above link.
3)Also, I noticed that using this, I am not able to execute my code in Windows XP platform. Is there a way I can make it working on all platforms ?

Please suggest.

Thanks again.

 

[strongm]

I have a feeling that I'm may just give up at this point ...

 

[chiph]

vmaruv --
Please re-read what the others have posted. The answer is there.

Chip H.


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