Re: ShellExecuteEx with lpVerb = TEXT("properties") needs running app to Display Dialog,...
I'm not sure how to accomplish what you want.
But I had to point out a potential bug in your code.
You should initialized your struct with zeros before you start assigning
values to it.
memset(&sei,0,sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO));
AliR.
"Kerem G?mr?kc?" <kareem114@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
this code works fine,...but only if your application does not exit,
e.g. if the application, calling this code exits, the properties dialog
also closes. So how can i manage it, to stay "running" until the
dialog closes and then terminate my application,. It is a Windows
Application with no UI and just a _tWinMain and some extra code.
SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei;
sei.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
sei.hwnd = NULL;
sei.nShow = SW_SHOW;
sei.fMask = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST | SEE_MASK_FLAG_DDEWAIT;
sei.lpVerb = TEXT("properties");
sei.lpFile = vip_argv[1];
BOOL __ret = ShellExecuteEx(&sei);
I need some signaling mechanism that the properties dialog has been
closed,
or a way to stay "running" until the properties dialog has been closed,...
If there is anther way to do this by e.g. using "rundll32", i would take
it,...
Any ideas,...?
Regards
K.
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