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Hi Remy, thanks for your reply.
This is downer. First i use createprocess because i need the flag
CREATE_SUSPENDED, so that i can create jobobjects tied to this process, and
then resume. From there on in i harvest the pid, which as i understand, i
cannot get from ShellExecute.. correct?

What are my options here Remy? ddeexcec?
many thanks angus.






"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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> "Angus" <aguspickton@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > I am trying to createprocess with an  application whose registry setting
> is
> > c:\Program Files\Appx.exe /dde
> > This app opens files of  type .pqr.
> <snip>
>
> You can't use CreateProcess() to initiate DDE conversations.  You can try
> using ShellExecute(), though, specifying just the filename and letting the
> OS decide which application to run and how to pass the filename to it.
>
> > When i open the files direct from explorer, Filex.pqr, and then
Filey.pqr,
> > Appx.exe opens as a single dde program, which is exactly the behaviour
> > i would like to mimic with createprocess.
>
> Double-clicking a file in Explorer invokes ShellExecute().
>
> > i've looked at the ddeexcec key, but could find nothing useful.
>
> That is because you probably did not understand what it was telling you.
It
> is actually quite helpful, but requires a lot of extra work on your part
in
> order to actually utilize it.  Better to let ShellExecute() do the work
for
> you.
>
> > I use the process data from Createprocess so other ways of opening
> > the app are of no use to me.
>
> You cannot use CreateProcess() for what you are asking.  It does not
support
> DDE.  What process data are you using exactly?  Perhaps you can obtain it
> through other means.
>
>
> Gambit
>
>