Making application invisible

[josh1en]

Hello,

I would like to start another application from my own application for instance by the command
system ("aaa.exe");
but I want the new application (aaa.exe) to be invisible such that the user is unaware that another application started.

I only have access to the .exe file of the new application (aaa.exe).

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Thanks!

[Emi]

Hi,

Try using CreateProcess and set STARTUPINFO member wShowWindow to SW_HIDE.

See

BOOL CreateProcess(
  LPCTSTR lpApplicationName,                 // name of executable module
  LPTSTR lpCommandLine,                      // command line string
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes, // SD
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,  // SD
  BOOL bInheritHandles,                      // handle inheritance option
  DWORD dwCreationFlags,                     // creation flags
  LPVOID lpEnvironment,                      // new environment block
  LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory,                // current directory name
  LPSTARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo,               // startup information
  LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation // process information
);

in MSDN.

[Andreas Masur]

Take a look at this FAQ for an example of 'CreateProcess()'...

[josh1en]

Very nice! Thanks guys.