How to get ShellExecute () in vc++/c++

[visweswaran2830]

Hi,

I am developing an application using vc++, in that, i have to execute shell command. I executed successfully using ShellExecute(). Now i want to know how to get the return value of that shell command, while executing mountvol like this command, it return list of drives, if I run using the above method, how can i get that return value.. can any one help me

[Banfa]

You can't get any return data using ShellExecute to execute a command. It is a fire and forget type of launch.

What you could do is call CreateProcess to run your command and then you could intercept stdin, stdout, stderr and pipe the input/output of thoser streams back to you program to interpret the data.

However a far better idea would be to just call 1 or more of the volume management functions that are part of the WIN32 API.

[visweswaran2830]

Thank you for your response, could you explain in details if possible with some code snippets....

[Banfa]

If you read the help pages at the end of the link I posted you will find example code and explainations of how to use the API.

Personally I have never used that part of the API so the best I could do is read those pages and re-iterate them to you but, frankly, I am a little too busy to be doing the reading you should be doing for yourself.