Shell32

Description

Short story: Several techniques to "Shell and Wait" on Win32 systems.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Spool, Shell, and Hook, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, February 1998

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

Shell32.bas kernel32

user32

CloseHandle
CreateProcess
GetExitCodeProcess
OpenProcess
Sleep
WaitForSingleObject
EnumWindows
FindWindow
GetParent
GetWindow
GetWindowText
GetWindowThreadProcessId
IsWindow
SendMessage

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
Shell32.bas	kernel32 user32	CloseHandle CreateProcess GetExitCodeProcess OpenProcess Sleep WaitForSingleObject EnumWindows FindWindow GetParent GetWindow GetWindowText GetWindowThreadProcessId IsWindow SendMessage

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