Shell_ExecuteWithTimeout
Description
Section titled “Description”Executes specified program/command using specified options
Syntax
Section titled “Syntax”Shell_ExecuteWithTimeout(sProgram, sArgument, bCheckProgramExistence, iTimeout) As Boolean
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”sProgram (String)
Section titled “sProgram (String)”Program/command to execute
sArgument (String)
Section titled “sArgument (String)”Command line arguments
bCheckProgramExistence (Boolean)
Section titled “bCheckProgramExistence (Boolean)”Check for existence of program
iTimeout (Integer)
Section titled “iTimeout (Integer)”How long in minutes should the function wait for the process to exit
Return value
Section titled “Return value”If the process exits with an error function will return false. If timeout occurred then gbValue will be false but the function will return true. If the process ended with success and no timeout was met gbValue is true and the function will return true
Example
Section titled “Example”If bStatus Then bStatus = Shell_ExecuteWithTimeout(gsWindowsDir & "\Regedit.exe", gsTempDir & "\Regfile.reg /S", True, 30)If bStatus Then If Not gbValue Then 'Handle timeout situations. ID of started process can be found with giProcessID End IfElse 'Process exited with an errorEnd If