RunProgram - prevent messagebox from appearing?

[Nituvious]

Whenever you type an invalid executable or path with RunProgram on windows, you get a messagebox that appears "Windows cannot find '....'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
How can we prevent this run popping up? It halts my program until the annoying box is closed..

[datachild]

Check first if the file is there/exists before try to run anything ...

[DarkPlayer]

Hello,

For Windows just use the CreateProcess() API.

Example:

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StartInfo.STARTUPINFO 
StartInfo\cb = SizeOf(STARTUPINFO)
ProcessInfo.PROCESS_INFORMATION 

If CreateProcess_("404.exe",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,@StartInfo, @ProcessInfo)
  Debug "started"
Else
  Debug "Not started :-("
  If GetLastError_() = 2
    Debug "File not found!"
  EndIf
EndIf

Replace the 404.exe with C:\windows\notepad.exe and it should start Notepad.

The Documentation for CreateProcess(): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx

DarkPlayer

[Edwin Knoppert]

>you get a messagebox that appears "Windows cannot find '....'.
You're not kidding me heh?
Is this an action made by the compiler?

[netmaestro]

Why not just:

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If FileSize(path$) > 0
  RunProgram([..])
EndIf

[Nituvious]

Thanks guys, I'm kind of "not all there" when it comes to programming. So the simplest tasks to you guys is a whole another country to me.