Re: CreateProcess() Problem
The .exe append and path finding is applied if the first parameter is NULL
and the second parameter has the name of the program.
So you would have to make the call like this
CreateProcess(NULL,_T("notepad c:\\testfile.txt),.....);
or you can use
ShellExecute(NULL,_T("open"),_T("notepad"),_T("c:\\testfile.txt"),NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);
AliR.
"AVee" <AVee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me why this call to CreateProcess() succeeds when the .EXE
extension is used for the application name (in this case "NOTEPAD.EXE"),
but
fails with Error 2 (file not found) when the .EXE extension is omitted.
(The
docs say that the EXE extension should be appended by CreateProcess() if
omitted). It also fails if I do not provide the full path to the
application,
though in this case the path to NOTEPAD is included in the Environment.
DWORD error;
int pret;
STARTUPINFO theStartupInfo;
PROCESS_INFORMATION theProcessInfo;
memset(&theStartupInfo, 0, sizeof(theStartupInfo));
memset(&theProcessInfo, 0, sizeof(theProcessInfo));
GetStartupInfo( &theStartupInfo );
pret = CreateProcess(
_T("C:\\Windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE"),
_T(" C:\\testfile.txt"),
NULL, // Process Attributes NULL default
NULL, // Thread attributes NULL
FALSE, // Don't Inherit handles
CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, //Creation flags
NULL, // Environment same as calling process
NULL, // Current directory same as calling process
&theStartupInfo, // lp to startup info
&theProcessInfo
);
error = GetLastError();