FUNCTION Createprocess(lcExe,lcCommandLine,lnShowWindow,llWaitForCompletion)
LOCAL hProcess, cProcessInfo, cStartupInfo

DECLARE INTEGER CreateProcess IN kernel32 as _CreateProcess;
    STRING   lpApplicationName,;
    STRING   lpCommandLine,;
    INTEGER  lpProcessAttributes,;
    INTEGER  lpThreadAttributes,;
    INTEGER  bInheritHandles,;
    INTEGER  dwCreationFlags,;
    INTEGER  lpEnvironment,;
    STRING   lpCurrentDirectory,;
    STRING   lpStartupInfo,;
    STRING @ lpProcessInformation

cProcessinfo = REPLICATE(CHR(0),128)
cStartupInfo = GetStartupInfo(lnShowWindow)

 

IF !EMPTY(lcCommandLine)
   lcCommandLine = ["] + lcExe + [" ]+ lcCommandLine
ELSE
   lcCommandLine = ""
ENDIF
lnResult =  _CreateProcess(lcExe,lcCommandLine,0,0,1,0,0,;
                           SYS(5)+CURDIR(),cStartupInfo,@cProcessInfo)
lhProcess = CHARTOBIN( SUBSTR(cProcessInfo,1,4) )
IF llWaitForCompletion
   #DEFINE WAIT_TIMEOUT 0x00000102
   DECLARE INTEGER WaitForSingleObject IN kernel32.DLL ;
         INTEGER hHandle, INTEGER dwMilliseconds
   DO WHILE .T.
       *** Update every 100 milliseconds
       IF WaitForSingleObject(lhProcess, 100) != WAIT_TIMEOUT
          EXIT
        ELSE
           DOEVENTS
        ENDIF
   ENDDO
ENDIF

DECLARE INTEGER CloseHandle IN kernel32.DLL ;
        INTEGER hObject
CloseHandle(lhProcess)
RETURN IIF(lnResult=1,.t.,.f.)
ENDFUNC




FUNCTION getStartupInfo(lnShowWindow)
LOCAL lnFlags
* creates the STARTUP structure to specify main window
* properties if a new window is created for a new process
IF EMPTY(lnShowWindow)
  lnShowWindow = 1
ENDIF
*| typedef struct _STARTUPINFO {
*| DWORD cb; 4
*| LPTSTR lpReserved; 4
*| LPTSTR lpDesktop; 4
*| LPTSTR lpTitle; 4
*| DWORD dwX; 4
*| DWORD dwY; 4
*| DWORD dwXSize; 4
*| DWORD dwYSize; 4
*| DWORD dwXCountChars; 4
*| DWORD dwYCountChars; 4
*| DWORD dwFillAttribute; 4
*| DWORD dwFlags; 4
*| WORD wShowWindow; 2
*| WORD cbReserved2; 2
*| LPBYTE lpReserved2; 4
*| HANDLE hStdInput; 4
*| HANDLE hStdOutput; 4
*| HANDLE hStdError; 4
*| } STARTUPINFO, *LPSTARTUPINFO; total: 68 bytes

 
#DEFINE STARTF_USESTDHANDLES 0x0100
#DEFINE STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW 1
#DEFINE SW_HIDE 0
#DEFINE SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED 3
#DEFINE SW_SHOWNORMAL 1
lnFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
RETURN binToChar(80) +;
    binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) +;
    binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) +;
    binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) +;
    binToChar(lnFlags) +;
    binToWordChar(lnShowWindow) +;
    binToWordChar(0) + binToChar(0) +;
    binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) + binToChar(0) + REPLICATE(CHR(0),30)
 ENDFUNC
 


FUNCTION CharToBin(lcBinString,llSigned)
LOCAL m.i, lnWord
lnWord = 0
FOR m.i = 1 TO LEN(lcBinString)
 lnWord = lnWord + (ASC(SUBSTR(lcBinString, m.i, 1)) * (2 ^ (8 * (m.i - 1))))
ENDFOR

IF llSigned AND lnWord > 0x80000000
  lnWord = lnWord - 1 - 0xFFFFFFFF
ENDIF
RETURN lnWord
*  wwAPI :: CharToBin
ENDFUNC
 
************************************************************************
FUNCTION BinToChar(lnValue)
****************************************
Local byte(4)
If lnValue < 0
    lnValue = lnValue + 4294967296
EndIf
byte(1) = lnValue % 256
byte(2) = BitRShift(lnValue, 8) % 256
byte(3) = BitRShift(lnValue, 16) % 256
byte(4) = BitRShift(lnValue, 24) % 256
RETURN Chr(byte(1))+Chr(byte(2))+Chr(byte(3))+Chr(byte(4))
*  wwAPI :: BinToChar
ENDFUNC

************************************************************************
FUNCTION BinToWordChar(lnValue)
****************************************
***  Function: Creates a DWORD value from a number
***      Pass: lnValue - VFP numeric integer (unsigned)
***    Return: binary string
************************************************************************
RETURN Chr(MOD(m.lnValue,256)) + CHR(INT(m.lnValue/256))
ENDFUNC