Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!netcom!ergo From: ergo@netcom.COM (Isaac Rabinovitch) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Windows, Exec, Subprogram Message-ID: <1991Apr12.211658.28611@netcom.COM> Date: 12 Apr 91 21:16:58 GMT References: <1997375683@1991Apr10.170742.799@bellcore.be> <1266500005@cdp> Organization: UESPA Lines: 25 In <1266500005@cdp> jeff@cdp.UUCP writes: >By the way, note that WinExec() is asynchronous, and will probably >return before the requested program has completed. > Jeff Dean Which reminds me of a problem that's been bothering me since I first started playing with windows: when you WinExec() or LoadModule() a program, how to you find out the handle of the window you've just created? Here's another one: what's the practical difference between WinExec() and LoadModule(). Please don't say "WinExec is an alternative to LoadModule() and vice versa" -- only lazy techwriters are allowed to do things like that! -- ergo@netcom.com Isaac Rabinovitch netcom!ergo@apple.com Silicon Valley, CA {apple,amdahl,claris}!netcom!ergo All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. -- Jack