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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Spawning another App
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Date: 22 Sep 89 11:57:58 GMT
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Why such a rumour about spawning other applications ?

Simply use spawnlp() or a similar call from the C library (the windows
version of course) with a P_WAIT or P_NOWAIT parameter.
If you want to start a program but to stay in foreground, simply
use SetFocus(hWnd) immediately after the spawnlp() call.

I use this method in a replacement program for the MSDOS executive
and until now I did not have any problems.

Kai Uwe Rommel