CreateProcess

CreateProcess

Command Index · BlitzPlus · System

CreateProcess command$  ; returns Int

Works in: BlitzPlus

Starts another program and gives you a stream to its input and output: what the program writes can be read from the stream, and what is written to the stream is what the program reads.

Graphics 320, 240, 32, 2
If CreateProcess("notepad.exe") = 0 Then Notify "Could not start it."

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
command	String	required

Returns: A stream for ReadLine, WriteLine, ReadAvail, Eof and CloseFile, or 0 if the program could not be started. The program is not waited for.

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• AutoSuspend
• Confirm
• DebugObjects
• FlushEvents

Command Index · BlitzPlus · System