Return Code

I'd like to know if it's possible to get the return code from the software I'm
calling with the function ShellExecute from the Windows API ??

Otherwise, is there any function that will do that? I'd know how to do this in DOS, but since this is windows and multitasking.. it's not quite similar.

Thank you. (the MFC Application is calling DOS utilities and would like to get
the return code to detect errors)