Running a program inside a program

Code:

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bool LaunchApplication (WCHAR *wszPath, WCHAR *wszExe, WCHAR *wszCommandLine)
{
        SHELLEXECUTEINFO ExeInfo;
        ZeroMemory (&ExeInfo, sizeof (ExeInfo));
        ExeInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI | SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
        ExeInfo.cbSize = sizeof (SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
        ExeInfo.lpDirectory = wszPath;
        ExeInfo.lpParameters = wszCommandLine;
        ExeInfo.lpFile = wszExe;
        ExeInfo.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL;

        if (!ShellExecuteEx (&ExeInfo))
        {
                // problem launching
                return false;
        }

        // wait for the app to start
        WaitForInputIdle( ExeInfo.hProcess, 30000);
        CloseHandle( ExeInfo.hProcess );

        return true;
}

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This assumes you are compiling using UNICODE. Otherwise, change all WCHARs to char