Const INFINITE As Long = -1&
Const STATUS_WAIT_0 As Long = &H0
Const WAIT_OBJECT_0 As Long = STATUS_WAIT_0
Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS As Long = &H20&
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
hProcess As Long
hThread As Long
dwProcessID As Long
dwThreadID As Long
End Type
Private Type STARTUPINFO
cb As Long
lpReserved As Long
lpDesktop As Long
lpTitle As Long
dwX As Long
dwY As Long
dwXSize As Long
dwYSize As Long
dwXCountChars As Long
dwYCountChars As Long
dwFillAttribute As Long
dwFlags As Long
wShowWindow As Integer
cbReserved2 As Integer
lpReserved2 As Long
hStdInput As Long
hStdOutput As Long
hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function InputIdle Lib "user32" Alias "WaitForInputIdle" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
SyncShell "D:\ProgramsExample\DelphiExample\stk\Stk.exe"
End Sub
Public Function StartProcess(CommandLine As String, Optional Hide As Boolean = False) As Long
Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW As Long = &H1
Const SW_HIDE As Long = 0
Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim Start As STARTUPINFO
'Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure:
Start.cb = Len(Start)
If Hide Then
Start.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
Start.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE
End If
'Start the shelled application:
CreateProcessA 0&, CommandLine, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, Start, proc
StartProcess = proc.hProcess
End Function
Public Function SyncShell(CommandLine As String, Optional Timeout As Long, _
Optional WaitForInputIdle As Boolean, Optional Hide As Boolean = False) As Boolean
Dim hProcess As Long
Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW As Long = &H1
Const SW_HIDE As Long = 0
Dim ret As Long
Dim nMilliseconds As Long
If Timeout > 0 Then
nMilliseconds = Timeout
Else
nMilliseconds = INFINITE
End If
hProcess = StartProcess(CommandLine, Hide)
If WaitForInputIdle Then
'Wait for the shelled application to finish setting up its UI:
ret = InputIdle(hProcess, nMilliseconds)
Else
'Wait for the shelled application to terminate:
ret = WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, nMilliseconds)
End If
CloseHandle hProcess
'Return True if the application finished. Otherwise it timed out or erred.
SyncShell = (ret = WAIT_OBJECT_0)
End Function