Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvlx!bturner From: bturner@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Bill Turner) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Spawning another App (long) Message-ID: <106580065@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com> Date: 25 Sep 89 16:58:52 GMT References: <5329@umd5.umd.edu> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 11 > 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. As someone else pointed out, if memory is compacted while in the spawnlp, your program will die a horrible death. Any of these methods should be surrounded by LockData/UnlockData. --Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com) HP Corvallis Information Systems