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Starting external program from VFP and waiting for its termination

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    Created: 2003-01-28 18:23:26  
    Modified: 2011-12-10 09:20:22  
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    Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 191584: How To Determine When a 32-bit Process has Completed.

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    Another option is starting external program in a different desktop. With no calls to the WaitForSingleObject made, the host VFP program stays active. Though it becomes invisible and is cut off from keyboard and mouse input.

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  • How to prevent users from accessing the Windows Desktop and from switching to other applications

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    C#: This is asynchronous notification that relies on the Exited event (EnableRaisingEvents must be set to true for the Process instance). Synchronous notification relies on calling the WaitForExit method.
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