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+/* Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this software; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
+ * USA.
+ */
+
+// -=- LaunchProcess.cxx
+
+#include <rfb_win32/LaunchProcess.h>
+#include <rfb_win32/ModuleFileName.h>
+#include <rfb_win32/Win32Util.h>
+#include <rdr/Exception.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+using namespace rfb;
+using namespace win32;
+
+
+LaunchProcess::LaunchProcess(const TCHAR* exeName_, const TCHAR* params_)
+: exeName(tstrDup(exeName_)), params(tstrDup(params_)) {
+  memset(&procInfo, 0, sizeof(procInfo));
+}
+
+LaunchProcess::~LaunchProcess() {
+  await();
+}
+
+
+void LaunchProcess::start(HANDLE userToken, bool createConsole) {
+  if (procInfo.hProcess && (WaitForSingleObject(procInfo.hProcess, 0) != WAIT_OBJECT_0))
+    return;
+  await();
+  returnCode = STILL_ACTIVE;
+
+  // - Create storage for the process startup information
+  STARTUPINFO sinfo;
+  memset(&sinfo, 0, sizeof(sinfo));
+  sinfo.cb = sizeof(sinfo);
+
+  // - Concoct a suitable command-line
+  TCharArray exePath;
+  if (!tstrContains(exeName.buf, _T('\\'))) {
+    ModuleFileName filename;
+    TCharArray path; splitPath(filename.buf, &path.buf, 0);
+    exePath.buf = new TCHAR[_tcslen(path.buf) + _tcslen(exeName.buf) + 2];
+    _stprintf(exePath.buf, _T("%s\\%s"), path.buf, exeName.buf);
+  } else {
+    exePath.buf = tstrDup(exeName.buf);
+  }
+
+  // - Start the process
+  // Note: We specify the exe's precise path in the ApplicationName parameter,
+  //       AND include the name as the first part of the CommandLine parameter,
+  //       because CreateProcess doesn't make ApplicationName argv[0] in C programs.
+  TCharArray cmdLine(_tcslen(exeName.buf) + 3 + _tcslen(params.buf) + 1);
+  _stprintf(cmdLine.buf, _T("\"%s\" %s"), exeName.buf, params.buf);
+  DWORD flags = createConsole ? CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE : CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
+  BOOL success;
+  if (userToken != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    success = CreateProcessAsUser(userToken, exePath.buf, cmdLine.buf, 0, 0, FALSE, flags, 0, 0, &sinfo, &procInfo);
+  else
+    success = CreateProcess(exePath.buf, cmdLine.buf, 0, 0, FALSE, flags, 0, 0, &sinfo, &procInfo);
+  if (!success)
+    throw rdr::SystemException("unable to launch process", GetLastError());
+
+  // Wait for it to finish initialising
+  WaitForInputIdle(procInfo.hProcess, 15000);
+}
+
+void LaunchProcess::detach()
+{
+  if (!procInfo.hProcess)
+    return;
+  CloseHandle(procInfo.hProcess);
+  CloseHandle(procInfo.hThread);
+  memset(&procInfo, 0, sizeof(procInfo));
+}
+
+bool LaunchProcess::await(DWORD timeoutMs) {
+  if (!procInfo.hProcess)
+    return true;
+  DWORD result = WaitForSingleObject(procInfo.hProcess, timeoutMs);
+  if (result == WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
+    GetExitCodeProcess(procInfo.hProcess, &returnCode);
+    detach();
+    return true;
+  } else if (result == WAIT_FAILED) {
+    throw rdr::SystemException("await() failed", GetLastError());
+  }
+  return false;
+}