I want to run an application from Delphi and get a handle for it, so I can embed the main window of the application in a frame of type TFrame. So far I have tried:
Function TFrmEmbeddedExe.StartNewApplication : Boolean;
var
SEInfo: TShellExecuteInfo;
ExitCode : DWORD;
begin
FillChar(SEInfo, SizeOf(SEInfo), 0) ;
SEInfo.cbSize := SizeOf(TShellExecuteInfo) ;
with SEInfo do
begin
fMask := SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
Wnd := self.Handle;
lpFile := PChar(self.fexecuteFileName) ;// Example could be 'C:\Windows\Notepad.exe'
nShow := SW_SHOWNORMAL;//SW_HIDE;
end;
if ShellExecuteEx(@SEInfo) then
begin
sleep(1500);
self.fAppWnd := FindWindow(nil, PChar(self.fWindowCaption)); //Example : 'Untitled - Notepad'
if self.fAppWnd <> 0 then
begin
Windows.SetParent(self.fAppWnd, SEInfo.Wnd);
ShowWindow(self.fAppWnd, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED);
result := true;
end
else
result := false;
end
else
result := false;
end ;
The above code does work, but findWindow will find any data to run the application. I want to embed the exact instances that I made Shellexecuted. Therefore, if Notepad was launched a couple of times, I cannot get the correct option using FindWindow.
I tried:
Function TfrmEmbeddedExe.CreateProcessNewApplication : Boolean;
var
zAppName: array[0..512] of char;
StartupInfo: TStartupInfo;
ProcessInfo: TProcessInformation;
Res : DWORD;
DoWait : Boolean;
begin
DoWait := False;
StrPCopy(zAppName, self.fexecuteFileName);
FillChar(StartupInfo, Sizeof(StartupInfo),
StartupInfo.cb := Sizeof(StartupInfo);
StartupInfo.dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
StartupInfo.wShowWindow := SW_SHOWNORMAL;
if CreateProcess (zAppName,
nil, { pointer to command line string }
nil, { pointer to process security attributes }
nil, { pointer to thread security attributes }
false, { handle inheritance flag }
CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE or { creation flags }
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
nil, { pointer to new environment block }
nil, { pointer to current directory name }
StartupInfo, { pointer to STARTUPINFO }
ProcessInfo) then { pointer to PROCESS_INF }
begin
if DoWait then
begin
WaitforSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess, Res);
end
else
begin
self.fAppWnd := ProcessInfo.hProcess;
Windows.SetParent(self.fAppWnd, self.Handle);
ShowWindow(self.fAppWnd, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED);
CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hProcess);
CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hThread);
end;
result := true;
end
else begin
Result := false;
end;
end;
PLEASE DO NOT MISS THE ABOVE CODE! It creates strange results associated with choosing a random window anywhere in all running applications and an attachment (even menu items from the Windows Start menu).
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