CreateProcess

This function launches an external executable and returns a handle that can be used for interaction.

Syntax

shared_ptr<Process> CreateProcess(const WString& path, const WString& commandline = "")

Parameters

Name	Description
path	file path of the executable to launch
commandline	optional command line to pass to the program

Returns

If the program was launched a new process is returned, otherwise NULL is returned.

Example

#include "UltraEngine.h"

using namespace UltraEngine;

int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
    Print("Launching process");
#ifdef _WIN32
    auto proc = CreateProcess("C:/Windows/notepad.exe");
#endif
    Print("Process running");
    int exitcode = proc->Wait();
    Print("Process ended (" + String(exitcode) + ")");
    return 0;
}