method ShellExecute

function returns integer

Description

Wrapper function for Win32:ShellExecuteA

Parameters

iiParentWindow	input	integer	Handle to the parent window
icOperation	input	character	Operation to perform: open, print
icFile	input	character	Document or executable name
icParameters	input	character	Command line parameters to executable in file
icDirectory	input	character	Default startup directory
iiShowCmd	input	integer	whether shown when opened: 0 hidden, 1 normal, minimized 2, maximized 3, 0 if File is a document

Internal usage

unused

program code (program1/win32lib.p)

&message UTF-8: convert to WCHAR & use 'ShellExecuteyW'
run ShellExecuteA (input iiParentWindow,
                   input icOperation,
                   input icFile,
                   input icParameters,
                   input icDirectory,
                   input iiShowCmd,
                   output viInstance).
return viInstance.