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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.h
+
+// Helper class to launch a names process from the same directory as
+// the current process executable resides in.
+
+#ifndef __RFB_WIN32_LAUNCHPROCESS_H__
+#define __RFB_WIN32_LAUNCHPROCESS_H__
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <rfb_win32/TCharArray.h>
+
+namespace rfb {
+
+  namespace win32 {
+
+    class LaunchProcess {
+    public:
+      LaunchProcess(const TCHAR* exeName_, const TCHAR* params);
+      ~LaunchProcess();
+
+      // start() starts the specified process with the supplied
+      //   command-line.
+      //   If userToken is INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then starts the process
+      //   as the current user, otherwise as the specified user.
+      //   If createConsole is true then CREATE_CONSOLE_WINDOW is passed
+      //   as an extra flag to the process creation call.
+      void start(HANDLE userToken, bool createConsole=false);
+
+      // Detatch from the child process. After detatching from a child
+      //   process, no other methods should be called on the object
+      //   that started it
+      void detach();
+
+      // Wait for the process to quit, up to the specified timeout, and
+      //   close the handles to it once it has quit.
+      //   If the process quits within the timeout then true is returned
+      //   and returnCode is set. If it has not quit then false is returned.
+      //   If an error occurs then an exception will be thrown.
+      bool await(DWORD timeoutMs=INFINITE);
+
+      PROCESS_INFORMATION procInfo;
+      DWORD returnCode;
+    protected:
+      TCharArray exeName;
+      TCharArray params;
+    };
+
+
+  };
+
+};
+
+#endif