I have built an ActiveX DLL wrapper for CreateProcessA using the code found in the API section of this site as an example.

What I want to do is start the new process with the Window minimized. I have added the following in to the example I got here, but the Window doesn't start minimized:

Private Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = &H1
Private Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2 (also tried 6)
. . .
Dim startup As STARTUPINFO (Private Type declared earlier)
. . .
startup.cb = Len(startup)
startup.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
startup.wShowWindow = SW_SHOWMINIMIZED
. . .
ret = CreateProcessA( _param_list_ )

Any help? TIA

[Edited by bill24 on 30-04-2005 at 02:07 AM GMT]

Hi Bill

I just tried it using the code from

http://www.andreavb.com/tip020004.html

with the addition of the following lines

startup.dwFlags = &H1 'STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW     startup.wShowWindow = 2 'SW_SHOWMINIMIZED

after the following line

startup.cb = Len(startup)

and it worked

Steve

I used the code from the tip linked above, but I forgot to mention that I created the 'Declarations and 'Module part as an ActiveX DLL.

Then I built a test form with the 'Usage code, modified to create a New instance of the Class in the DLL.

I just changed it to put in exactly what steve_w posted, and the process still starts in a 'Normal' window, not minimized.  

And again, it works just fine... Just put all the module code in class module, and no problem...

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It works, if you do it right!

I should have known it would be something like this. I cannot simply Copy/Paste stuff onto the network I'm working on. So I have to print and rekey it. And, of course, I made a mistake declaring the STARTUPINFO structure - should have checked this first as most obvious cause.

Thanks for the help...