MFC CreteProcess

[charu123]

hi, I am using the create process function to open an application. but i guess my usage is not right. could somebody tell me what is wrong. the function i ahve used is........... CreateProcess("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\msdev.exe",NULL,NULL,NULL,TRUE,DEBUG_PROCESS ,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL) Thanks:) U get wht u Give

[Tareq Ahmed Siraj]

Shouldnt this be something like....

CreateProcess("C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Common\\MSDev98\\Bin\\msdev.exe",NULL,NULL,NULL,TRUE,DEBUG_PROCESS
,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL)

Hope this helps. - tareq

[charu123]

its not working:-( U get wht u Give

[ThatsAlok]

charu123 wrote: CreateProcess("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\msdev.exe",NULL,NULL,NULL,TRUE,DEBUG_PROCESS,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL) Do u want to attach DEBUGGER with the launched Process, if yes you also have to use WaitForDebugEvent function with it. if NO, here is small piece of code:-

STARTUPINFO si;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof(si) );
si.cb = sizeof(si);
ZeroMemory( &pi, sizeof(pi) );

// Start the child process. 
if( !CreateProcess( NULL, // No module name (use command line). 
    "c:\\\\windows\\\\notepad.exe", // Command line. 
    NULL,             // Process handle not inheritable. 
    NULL,             // Thread handle not inheritable. 
    FALSE,            // Set handle inheritance to FALSE. 
    0,                // No creation flags. 
    NULL,             // Use parent's environment block. 
    NULL,             // Use parent's starting directory. 
    &si,              // Pointer to STARTUPINFO structure.
    &pi )             // Pointer to PROCESS\_INFORMATION structure.
) 
{
    MessageBox( "CreateProcess failed." );
}

Don't ask me from where i get this code :->

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[DasdaDAS]

You need to mention the two parameters(STARTUPINFO & PROCESS_INFORMATION) and initialize it. Then the path of the the ".exe" file should be specified with "\\" instead of "\". If u use "\" the compiler will understand that as a escape sequence. STARTUPINFO sinfo; PROCESS_INFORMATION pinfo; ZeroMemory( &sinfo, sizeof(sinfo) ); sinfo.cb = sizeof(sinfo); ZeroMemory( &pinfo, sizeof(pinfo) ); BOOL b = CreateProcess("C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Common\\MSDev98\\Bin\\msdev.exe",NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,&sinfo,&pinfo); int error = GetLastError(); try this and let me know, if u have any problem.:cool: Zxczc