Re: Launching .exe/.msi from c++ - How to know when install has finished?

From:

"William DePalo [MVP VC++]" <willd.no.spam@mvps.org>

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microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:52:31 -0500

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"mikew909" <mike.wheelaghan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1166680579.217670.233430@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...

Anyone tried to launch a program from c++ like a msi and get some
notification when it has finished?

I'm trying to figure this out , I'm using this method to launch my file
which works fine. I'm wondering what I can do to figure out when the
user has finished or aborted the installation. Any ideas on how to do
this?

Thanks!!

Mike

void CPClockDlg::OnLaunchClick()
{
//AfxMessageBox(TEXT("LAUNCH CLICK"));

if(m_IsNetInStalled)
{
HINSTANCE hi =
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "resource.msi", NULL,
"c:\\", SW_SHOW);
...

Switch from SHellExecute() to ShellExecuteEx() and specify the
SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS flag. That will give you a handle to the process
created. You can use that handle in any of the wait functions -
WaitForSingleObject(), MsgWaitForMultipleObjects() etc - to determine when
the process terminates. Don't forget to close the handle when you are done.

Regards,
Will

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