1   
2   function TForm1.RunProgramWait ( ProgramName, CommandLine : string; 
3   dwCreationFlags: dWord = 0; HowToShowWindow :dWord=SW_SHOWNORMAL) : integer;
4   var
5     StartupInfo : TStartupInfo;
6     ProcessInfo : TProcessInformation;
7     Code        : Cardinal;
8   begin
9     FillChar(StartupInfo, sizeof(TStartupInfo),0)
10    with StartupInfo do   //recreates record for start
11    begin
12    cb := SizeOf( StartupInfo);
13    dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
14    wShowWindow := HowToShowWindow;
15    end;
16  
17    Code := 0;
18  
19    Application.Hint := 'Starting ' + ProgramName + '...';
20    if CreateProcess(nil, PChar(ProgramName + ' ' + CommandLine),
21        nil, nil,  False, dwCreationFlags, nil, PChar(ExtractFilePath(ProgramName)),
22        StartupInfo, ProcessInfo) then      //starts the application
23      begin
24        caption := ProgramName + ' -Active';
25        //loop to check if application is terminated or not
26        while GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess, Code) and (Code = 
27  STILL_ACTIVE) do
28          begin
29            Application.ProcessMessages;
30            Sleep(1000); //to reduce CPU load the higher the better.
31          end;
32        Result := Code;
33      end
34    else
35      Result := 99;
36  
37    caption := ProgramName + ' -NOT Active';
38  end;
39  
40  procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
41  var
42  i: integer;
43  begin
44  //you can use SW_SHOWNORMAL or SW_HIDE
45  i:=RunProgramWait('c:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe', '', 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
46  
47  if i=0 then
48   showmessage('Normal Termination')
49  else
50   showmessage('Abnormal Termination')
51  end;