ExecuteExternalFile

[VC++ / MFC]

void ExecuteExternalFile(const char* csExecuteCommand)
{

STARTUPINFO sInfo;
ZeroMemory(&sInfo,sizeof(sInfo));
sInfo.cb = sizeof(sInfo);

PROCESS_INFORMATION pInfo;
ZeroMemory(&pInfo,sizeof(pInfo));
sInfo.cb = sizeof(sInfo);

//Create the process here.

CreateProcess(0, //LPCWSTR lpszImageName,

(char*)csExecuteCommand, //LPCWSTR lpszCmdLine,
0, //LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpsaProcess,
0, //LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpsaThread,
TRUE, //BOOL fInheritHandles,
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS|CREATE_NO_WINDOW, //DWORD fdwCreate,
0, //LPVOID lpvEnvironment,
0, //LPWSTR lpszCurDir,
&sInfo,//LPSTARTUPINFOW lpsiStartInfo,
&pInfo//LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lppiProcInfo

);

// Wait until child processes exit.
WaitForSingleObject( pInfo.hProcess, INFINITE );

// Close process and thread handles.
CloseHandle( pInfo.hProcess );
CloseHandle( pInfo.hThread );

}

[C#.NET]

private static bool GetVieKeywords(string csExecuteFile, string csExecuteParam)
{

try
{

Process proc = new Process();

proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;

proc.StartInfo.FileName = csExecuteFile;
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = csExecuteParam;
proc.Start();
proc.WaitForExit();
proc = null;

}
catch (Exception)
{

//Extract fail.
return false;

}

return true;

}