Geoff,
> If you know the process handle you can execute the following call:
>
> WaitForSingleObject(hProcess,0)
> which will return immediately - you can also pass INFINITE which will wait
> (and stop your program) until the process terminates.
>
> Your example would then look something like:
> while WaitForSingleObject(hProcess,0) <> WAIT_OBJECT_0 do
> Application.ProcessMessages;
If you use ShellExecuteEx, you can also get the handle via a structure that
you pass in.
Do remember to close your handles when you are done with them, if you use
CreateProcess.
Hope this helps.
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