Win32 application with out an UI.

birajendu

Hi, I want a simple application which will only launch another application. But I dont want to show the cosole or any UI for the 1st application. can any one help me how to do so.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Why do you need such a thing? Why can't the 'another application' be launched directly instead? There are valid reasons, but I want to know what's your case.

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birajendu

I am lunching the 2nd application with some specific command line options, that is why i need this 1st appliaction.

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Naveen

Create a "Win32 Application" project. it won,t be having any GUI or console by default.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

I'm just curious before I can give you an answer, why can you not just launch the second application with command lines already? Why the extra 'launcher' application?

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birajendu

The end user has the requiremet like that. he want to launch the application with a icon click on desktop..... :)

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Michael Schubert

Something like this maybe:

#include <windows.h>
#include <shellapi.h>

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo;
ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
ShExecInfo.fMask = NULL;
ShExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpVerb = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpFile = "program.exe";
ShExecInfo.lpParameters = "-switch1 -switch2";
ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = "c:\\yourpath";
ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_HIDE;
ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;

ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo);

return 0;
}

Xing Chen

why not create a shortcut for your customer?

Rajesh R Subramanian

You could do something like this:

#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>

int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, LPTSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
CreateProcess[^]
return false;
}

You might as well use ShellExecute or ShellExecuteEx, like Michael Schubert suggested.

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birajendu

Thanks, I tried this and also CreateProcess(), but my problem is i dont want the console window of the parent application. I am creating a win 32 project in visual studio 2005.

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Michael Schubert

The code I supplied (same for Rajesh's suggestion) doesn't create any window, neither console nor GUI.

Rajesh R Subramanian

I don't see how can you see a window when the code creates none... You have probably created a Win32 console application. You need to create a Win32 application instead.

It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

David Crow

So why not just change the shortcut to include the necessary arguments?

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