How do i know the state of a process?

Well im working in visual C++ express edition on windows vista, and i would like to know the state of a specific process. How can i do this?

Please define "state of a process" first. :)

You know like sleep, executing and all that; just like http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=...ystems&f=false

You'd better find some other guide to learn by. Or don't take the referred one literally. In Windows the mentioned states better fit with thread states, and such details are available to dispatcher only, and never are conveyed up to user level. :)

Thanks men, i have been searching around the web and i found in the MSDN from Microsoft this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.71%29.aspx

I put the link because that way if some one ever get in here trouhg google or somethig thats the solution.
Salutes.

That's the state of a particular thread. Not the process. One thread could be suspended, but others are running. Does that mean the process is suspended? I don't think so.

Viggy