This function is a standalone function and not a member of the wwAPI class.

Note this method does not support re-routing StdOut to a file. For that purpose use CreateProcessEx.

CreateProcess(lcExe,lcCommandLine,lnShowWindow,llWaitForCompletion)                                 

Return Value

Parameters

lcCommandLine
Optional - Command line arguments for the application.

lcStartDirectory
Optional - The directory that the application runs out of. Don't pass to use the current directory.

lnShowWindow
Optional - The display mode/sizing of how the window is displayed. Uses a numeric value that comes from standard Windows API values:

SW_HIDE             0
SW_SHOWNORMAL       1
SW_NORMAL           1
SW_SHOWMINIMIZED    2
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED    3
SW_MAXIMIZE         3
SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE   4
SW_SHOW             5
SW_MINIMIZE         6
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE  7
SW_SHOWNA           8
SW_RESTORE          9
SW_SHOWDEFAULT      10
SW_FORCEMINIMIZE    11
SW_MAX              11

llWaitForCompletion
If .T. waits for the process to complete before control returns back to FoxPro. Useful for applications where you need.

Example

FUNCTION SetACL(lcPath,lcUser,lcAccess,llInherit,llReplace)
LOCAL lcCommand, lcFile, lcParms

*** Strip off any trailing backslashes
IF RIGHT(lcPath,1)="\" AND LEN(lcPath) > 1
   lcPath = SUBSTR(lcPath,1,LEN(lcPath)-1)
ENDIF

lcParms = ShortPath( lcPath) 
IF llInherit
   lcParms = lcParms + " /T "
ENDIF
IF !llReplace 
   lcParms = lcParms + " /E " 
ENDIF
lcParms = lcParms + " /P " + lcUser + ":" + lcAccess


*** Use CreateProcessEx if wwIPStuff is available
*** so we don't get flashing DOS Windows
   LOCAL oAPI
   oAPI = CREATEOBJECT("wwAPI")
   CreateProcessEx( oAPI.GetSystemDir() + "cacls.exe",ALLTRIM(lcParms),,0,.t.)
ELSE
   lcCommand = "RUN Cacls.exe " 
   lcCommand = lcCommand + " " + lcParms + " > cacls.txt"
   &lcCommand
ENDIF

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