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Visual Basic .NET definition

Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateProcessA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByRef lpProcessAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, ByRef lpThreadAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, ByVal bInheritHandles As Integer, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Integer, ByRef lpEnvironment As Object, ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, ByRef lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, ByRef lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Integer

C# definition

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError=true)] static extern int CreateProcessA ( string lpApplicationName, string lpCommandLine, ref SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes, ref SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes, int bInheritHandles, int dwCreationFlags, ref object lpEnvironment, string lpCurrentDriectory, ref STARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo, ref PROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation)

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PROCESS_INFORMATION

Structure PROCESS_INFORMATION Dim hProcess As Integer Dim hThread As Integer Dim dwProcessId As Integer Dim dwThreadId As Integer End Structure

struct PROCESS_INFORMATION{ int hProcess; int hThread; int dwProcessId; int dwThreadId; }

STARTUPINFO

Structure STARTUPINFO Dim cb As Integer Dim lpReserved As String Dim lpDesktop As String Dim lpTitle As String Dim dwX As Integer Dim dwY As Integer Dim dwXSize As Integer Dim dwYSize As Integer Dim dwXCountChars As Integer Dim dwYCountChars As Integer Dim dwFillAttribute As Integer Dim dwFlags As Integer Dim wShowWindow As Short Dim cbReserved2 As Short Dim lpReserved2 As Integer Dim hStdInput As Integer Dim hStdOutput As Integer Dim hStdError As Integer End Structure

struct STARTUPINFO{ int cb; string lpReserved; string lpDesktop; string lpTitle; int dwX; int dwY; int dwXSize; int dwYSize; int dwXCountChars; int dwYCountChars; int dwFillAttribute; int dwFlags; short wShowWindow; short cbReserved2; byte lpReserved2; int hStdInput; int hStdOutput; int hStdError; }

SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES

Structure SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES Dim nLength As Integer Dim lpSecurityDescriptor As Integer Dim bInheritHandle As Integer End Structure

struct SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES{ int nLength; int lpSecurityDescriptor; int bInheritHandle; }

Description

CreateProcess Creates a new process and its primary thread. System.Diagnostics.Process constructorSystem.Diagnostics.Process.Start

Further Information:

For further information on Windows API functions such as these, and how to use these API's in your C# and VB.NET applications, please refer to the book 'Network programming in .NET' (Buy at Amazon UK) (Buy at Amazon US)

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