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CreateProcess (kernel32)
 
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C# Signature:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError=true)]

static extern bool CreateProcess( String imageName,

        String cmdLine,
        IntPtr lpProcessAttributes,
        IntPtr lpThreadAttributes,
        bool boolInheritHandles,
        Int32 dwCreationFlags,
        IntPtr lpEnvironment,
        IntPtr lpszCurrentDir,
        byte [] si,
        ProcessInfo pi );

VB Signature:

Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal imageName As String, ByVal cmdLine As String, ByVal lpProcessAttributes As IntPtr, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As IntPtr, ByVal boolInheritHandles As Int32, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Int32, ByVal lpEnvironment As IntPtr, ByVal lpszCurrentDir As IntPtr, ByVal si As Byte(), ByVal pi As ProcessInfo) As Integer

User-Defined Types:

C#

public class ProcessInfo

{

    public IntPtr hProcess;
    public IntPtr hThread;
    public Int32 ProcessId;
    public Int32 ThreadId;

}

VB

Public Class ProcessInfo

    Public hProcess As IntPtr
    Public hThread As IntPtr
    Public ProcessId As Int32
    Public ThreadId As Int32

End Class

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