trying to launch a separate executable and redirect the output to another file for parsing. ive looked in msdn and the sample they give doesn't seem to work with the environment i have. don't know if im missing something.

here is the code i have

int LaunchProcess(LPTSTR programName, LPTSTR commandLine, BOOL wait_flag, const _TCHAR *curDir = NULL, const _TCHAR *redirOut = NULL)
{
	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
	STARTUPINFO si;
	DWORD dwExitCode = 0;
	DWORD dw;
	DWORD last_error;
	BOOL fSuccess;
	BOOL fExit;
	DWORD create_flags;
	HANDLE hFileout = NULL;
	SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr;
	int return_status;

	ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));

	if (redirOut != NULL)
	{
		saAttr.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
		saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
		saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;

		hFileout = CreateFile(redirOut
							, FILE_WRITE_DATA
							, FILE_SHARE_WRITE
							, &saAttr //security attributes
							, OPEN_ALWAYS
							, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL
							, NULL);	
		if (!hFileout == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
		{
			si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
			si.hStdOutput = hFileout;
			si.hStdError = hFileout;
		}
	}

	if( wait_flag )
	{
		create_flags = 0;
	}
	else
	{
		create_flags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
	}

	// SETUP STARTUP INFORMATION STRUCTURE:
	si.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
	si.lpReserved  = NULL;
	si.lpDesktop   = NULL;
	si.lpTitle	 = programName;
	si.cbReserved2 = 0;
	si.lpReserved2 = NULL;

	GetStartupInfo( &si );

	if( ! wait_flag )  // IF WE DO NOT WAIT - RUN MINIMIZED
	{
		si.dwFlags = si.dwFlags | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
		si.wShowWindow = SW_SHOWMINIMIZED;
	}

	fSuccess = CreateProcess(	programName, 
								commandLine,
								(LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) NULL,   /* Process security */
								(LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) NULL,   /* Thread Security */
								(BOOL) TRUE,					/* Inherit handles */
								(DWORD) create_flags,		   /* Create Flags  */
								 NULL,						  /* Environment:   */
								 curDir,						/* Current Dir   */
								(LPSTARTUPINFO) &si,			/* Startup info  */
								(LPPROCESS_INFORMATION) π );  /* Process info  */

	if( fSuccess != 0 )   // SUCCESS IF != 0
	{
		dwExitCode = 0;
		/* WAIT FOR TASK TO COMPLETE (NO_TIMEOUT): */
		if(wait_flag)
		{
			dw = WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE );
			// WAS PROCESS RUN SUCCESSFULLY:
			fExit = GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &dwExitCode );
			return_status = dwExitCode;

			CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
			CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
			pi.hThread  = 0;
			pi.hProcess = 0;
		}  // END WAIT - SAVE THE EXIT CODE FROM PROGRAM
	}
	else /* CREATE PROCESS FAILED */
	{
		last_error = GetLastError();
		return_status = -1;
	}
	if (hFileout) CloseHandle(hFileout);
	return( return_status );
}

the function here is compiled and built into a dll. i dont know if it being in a dll is any cause for it to not work or not.

plz help.

thanx

Well, since no one else has responded. I found the problem.

I was calling GetStartupInfo(&si) and overwriting the information I had set for redirecting the output.