Re: CreateProcess() passing cmd line args

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From: CC
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:13

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Remy - Many thanks again:)
CurtC
"CC" <Xcurtc@tmscorp.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings;
> I'm using CreateProcess() to invoke another program.
>
> Ex:
> char *appname = "c:\mytest.exe";
> char *args="/myarg1";
>
> When I call :
>
> CreateProcess(appname, args, .......);
>
> When application "mytest.exe"  calls  ParamCount(), the value is Zero.
>
> It seems to be that I cannot pass arguments as the 2nd parameter to
> CreateProcess()?
>
> The application does work when I include the full command line such as:
> char *fullcmdline = "c:\mytest.exe /myarg1";
> CreateProcess(NULL,fullcmdline,.....);
> This works,
>
> I'm really confused on how to call this api - should arguments passed in
> separately? or on full command line?
> What then is the purpose of having the first 2 parameters for
> CreateProcess() Why not have just a
> command line?
>
> Any insight would be much appreciated.
> Thanks
> CurtC
>
>

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