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Re: ShellExecute with Wait option

#12122
From: Peter Below (TeamB)
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:04
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In article <VA.000000a0.0073c3db@mgcsoft.com>, Gordon Whittam wrote:
> > No, the StrPCopy routine makes the zAppname properly zero-terminated.
> 
> But does leave garbage after the #0. Delphi strings will accept #0 'in 
> the middle' so in theory (mine that is<g>), although not in this case, 
> it would be *possible* to get 'Hello World#0)_*)^T%�EY%*&^YH' Delphi 
> string.

While true this is irrelevant to the problem at hand since the string is 
handed to an API routine for processing, and for that the #0 is the 
terminator.


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