Running AND tracking other executables from C++

[sedavidw]

So I've got some code that I'm writing that I want to call another .exe file. I don't have access to the source of that .exe and there is no dll form of it so I'm stuck with what I've got. So I want to make a call to run that code (which I do know how to do).

But I need the code I'm writing to wait for the other executable to be done running before it continues (and unfortunately there's a LOT of variation in its run time). Is there any ways to use API calls to cause some sort of wait loop to wait for another executable to be done?

[hoxsiew]

Use ShellExecuteEx with SHELLEXECUTEINFO set to return the handle to the running app, then wait on that handle:



SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei;

memset(&sei,0,sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO));
sei.cbSize=sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
sei.fMask=SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
sei.lpVerb=L"OPEN";
sei.lpFile=L"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MyProgram\\MyProgram.exe";
sei.lpDirectory=L"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MyProgram\\";
sei.nShow=1;

ShellExecuteEx(&sei);
WaitForSingleObject(sei.hProcess,INFINITE);