Re: PR_CreateProcess() without Windows console window?

Benjamin Smedberg <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:33:39 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.nspr
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/12/10 2:52 PM, Fredrik Roubert wrote:
> Hello!
>
> When I use PR_CreateProcess() to run an executable that on Windows is
> built as a console application, a console window will pop up (and
> quickly disappear again, as the executable I'm calling just performs a
> very quick task). Would it somehow be possible to get rid of this
> window?
>
> If it isn't currently possible, what do you think of adding come
> functionality to PR_CreateProcess(), maybe accessed by a flag in
> PRProcessAttr, that would add the right flags to the Win32
> CreateProcess() call?

While it is technically possible, I don't think it is worth the hassle to 
add NSPR flags to solve this problem: since you already know the correct 
windows-specific code, why don't you use CreateProcess() directly and bypass 
NSPR?

--BDS