Start process remotely and wait for execution

Hi All,

Is it possible to get return code from remotely started process? Wait
until process stops execution?

Thanks,

Paul
Mon Mar 10 11:22:18 CDT 2008

Sure, maybe. What do you mean by "remotely started process"? You're
running a program on your Windows CE device using ActiveSync and RAPI or
what?

Paul T.

"Fatih Isikhan" <efatihan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1a2efd42-9af6-4801-8acc-97428853d5b7@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> Is it possible to get return code from remotely started process? Wait
> until process stops execution?
>
> Thanks,

efatihan
Tue Mar 11 02:10:24 CDT 2008

On Mar 10, 6:22 pm, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT
no instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
> Sure, maybe. What do you mean by "remotely started process"? You're
> running a program on your Windows CE device using ActiveSync and RAPI or
> what?
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Fatih Isikhan" <efati...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1a2efd42-9af6-4801-8acc-97428853d5b7@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > Is it possible to get return code from remotely started process? Wait
> > until process stops execution?
>
> > Thanks,

Yes, I am starting process with RAPI through Activesync in WM5.

Peter
Tue Mar 11 03:48:43 CDT 2008

There isn't a WaitForSingleObject API in RAPI so no way to directly wait
while the process executes. Assuming you wrote the device code you could
have it write out to the registry or a file when it has finished and poll
for this from the desktop through RAPI...

Peter

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Peter Foot
Microsoft Device Application Development MVP
www.peterfoot.net | www.inthehand.com
In The Hand Ltd - .NET Solutions for Mobility

"Fatih Isikhan" <efatihan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:9194c4a4-b34c-4f82-b09d-26ef7646f23a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 10, 6:22 pm, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT
> no instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
>> Sure, maybe. What do you mean by "remotely started process"? You're
>> running a program on your Windows CE device using ActiveSync and RAPI or
>> what?
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Fatih Isikhan" <efati...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1a2efd42-9af6-4801-8acc-97428853d5b7@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Hi All,
>>
>> > Is it possible to get return code from remotely started process? Wait
>> > until process stops execution?
>>
>> > Thanks,
>
> Yes, I am starting process with RAPI through Activesync in WM5.

efatihan
Tue Mar 11 04:24:38 CDT 2008

On 11 Mart, 10:48, "Peter Foot" <feedb...@nospam-inthehand.com> wrote:
> There isn't a WaitForSingleObject API in RAPI so no way to directly wait
> while the process executes. Assuming you wrote the device code you could
> have it write out to the registry or a file when it has finished and poll
> for this from the desktop through RAPI...
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Microsoft Device Application Development MVPwww.peterfoot.net|www.inthehand.com
> In The Hand Ltd - .NET Solutions for Mobility
>
> "Fatih Isikhan" <efati...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:9194c4a4-b34c-4f82-b09d-26ef7646f23a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...> On Mar 10, 6:22 pm, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT
> > no instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
> >> Sure, maybe. What do you mean by "remotely started process"? You're
> >> running a program on your Windows CE device using ActiveSync and RAPI or
> >> what?
>
> >> Paul T.
>
> >> "Fatih Isikhan" <efati...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1a2efd42-9af6-4801-8acc-97428853d5b7@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > Hi All,
>
> >> > Is it possible to get return code from remotely started process? Wait
> >> > until process stops execution?
>
> >> > Thanks,
>
> > Yes, I am starting process with RAPI through Activesync in WM5.

This is exactly what i am doing right now and I wanted to know if
there is a shortcut.

Thanks,

Christopher
Tue Mar 11 16:12:04 CDT 2008

Hi,

"Fatih Isikhan" <efatihan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:c5cef93b-1c6c-471b-890f-3966e36a9dea@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> This is exactly what i am doing right now and I wanted to know if
> there is a shortcut.

The only other way I know of would to produce a small client side DLL that
contains a function that calls WaitForSingleObject for the specified process
id. You could then use CeRapiInvoke
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa454605.aspx) on your desktop to
have this function execute on your PDA.

Having said that if you've already got a small status flag in the registry
etc doing the above is most likely more effort than it's worth. Especially
with the security implications of attempting to transfer/invoke custom DLLs
via RAPI on many modern Windows Mobile devices.

Hope this helps,
Christopher Fairbairn