Hi,
I have a question about the 'howto' in the Microsoft Knowledge base with
number Q129796. It describes the 32-bit solution to determine when a shelled
proces ends.
It uses the 'CreateProcess' to start the shelled application. This works
fine, but I like the shelled program to run minimized or hidden. Using the
'shell' function this is possible by using a 'hide' option.

Is it also possible to start the shelled application by the 'CreateProcess'
in a 'hidden' mode?

Any help would be appreciated,
Regards,
Gert-Jan Hartwich

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Sure is - you have to set the dwFlags and wShowWindow entries in the
StartupInfo structure.  Take a look at
http://home.earthlink.net/~butlerbob/vb/tasks/shellwt.htm for some sample
code.  (I broke the wShowWindow into 2 bytes because of VB's tendency to pad
integers in memory to align items on a double-word boundary.  I don't think
it's absolutely required in this case, but it doesn't hurt)