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CeCreateProcess (rapi)
 

rapi is for smart devices, not desktop Windows. Therefore, this information only applies to code using the .NET Compact Framework. To see if information for CeCreateProcess in other DLLs exists, click on Find References to the right.

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Summary
This function is used to run a new program. It creates a new process and its primary thread. The new process executes the specified executable file.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("rapi.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int CeCreateProcess(
    string applicationName,
    string commandLineArgs,
    long dwNull0,
    long dwNull1,
    bool False,
    long dwCreationFlags,
    long dwNull2,
    long dwNull3,
    long dwNull4,
    PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo);

User-Defined Types:

struct PROCESS_INFORMATION
{
   public int hProcess;
   public int hThread;
   public int dwProcessId;
   public int dwThreadId;
}

Notes:

function info on msdn at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceactsy/html/cerefCeCreateProcessRAPI.asp

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Sample Code:

CeCreateProcess("myapp.exe","",0,0,false,0,0,0,0,new PROCESS_INFORMATION());

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