I want to start a DOS process under W95 that -
*  runs hidden, and
* terminates automatically,
* cleans up after itself, and lastly
* notifies the calling process that it has terminated

At the moment I'm calling Compress.exe (via the ExecCmd function I
found in KB article # Q129796) which -
* runs in a window, and then when it's finished
* hangs waiting for the user to close the window

I suspect the answer lies with the CreatePocess function's arguments,
so can someone tell me what they are exactly, and the repective
possible values together with any associated predefined values.

TIA

- Steve Wilson
(If replying, please cc me an emeail copy - my ISP is having a bad month)

Some help :
Create a pif file for the program.
Set it minimized or hidden.
Check the close windows it finished box.

But the notify is the problem.

Dim hdl&
hdl = Shell("cmd.exe")
While GetProcessVersion(hdl) <> 0
    DoEvents
Wend
MsgBox "Program Closed"