Trap error from spawned process

[kahrxo]

My VB program spawns the Kofax Ascent Capture scan process. How do I capture the errors that the scan process returns? If I run Ascent Capture by itself, it would normally display a msgbox with the error. When calling the auto-import feature from VB, it does not display anything.

[jim mcnamara]

Call creatprocess then waitforsingleobject. GetExitCodeProcess will return an error condition IF THE CALLED PROGRAM SET ONE

'This program needs a common dialog box, named CDBox
'  (To add the Common Dialog Box to your tools menu, go to Project->Components (or press CTRL-T)
'   and select Microsoft Common Dialog control)
Const INFINITE = &HFFFF
Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = &H1
Private Enum enSW
    SW_HIDE = 0
    SW_NORMAL = 1
    SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
    SW_MINIMIZE = 6
End Enum
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
    hProcess As Long
    hThread As Long
    dwProcessId As Long
    dwThreadId As Long
End Type
Private Type STARTUPINFO
    cb As Long
    lpReserved As String
    lpDesktop As String
    lpTitle As String
    dwX As Long
    dwY As Long
    dwXSize As Long
    dwYSize As Long
    dwXCountChars As Long
    dwYCountChars As Long
    dwFillAttribute As Long
    dwFlags As Long
    wShowWindow As Integer
    cbReserved2 As Integer
    lpReserved2 As Byte
    hStdInput As Long
    hStdOutput As Long
    hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
    nLength As Long
    lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
    bInheritHandle As Long
End Type
Private Enum enPriority_Class
    NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20
    IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H40
    HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H80
End Enum
Private Declare Function GetExitCodeProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, lpExitCode As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateProcessA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, lpProcessAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, lpThreadAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, lpEnvironment As Any, ByVal lpCurrentDriectory As String, lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Function SuperShell(ByVal App As String, ByVal WorkDir As String, dwMilliseconds As Long, ByVal start_size As enSW, ByVal Priority_Class As enPriority_Class) As Long
    Dim pclass As Long
    Dim retval as Long
    Dim sinfo As STARTUPINFO
    Dim pinfo As PROCESS_INFORMATION
    'Not used, but needed
    Dim sec1 As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
    Dim sec2 As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
    'Set the structure size
    sec1.nLength = Len(sec1)
    sec2.nLength = Len(sec2)
    sinfo.cb = Len(sinfo)
    'Set the flags
    sinfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
    'Set the window's startup position
    sinfo.wShowWindow = start_size
    'Set the priority class
    pclass = Priority_Class
    'Start the program
    If CreateProcess(vbNullString, App, sec1, sec2, False, pclass, _
    0&, WorkDir, sinfo, pinfo) Then
        'Wait
        dwMilliseconds=10000  ' ten seconds
        WaitForSingleObject pinfo.hProcess, dwMilliseconds
        GetExitCodeProcess pinfo.hProcess,retval
        SuperShell = retval
    Else
        SuperShell = 0
    End If
End Function


MYreturncode = SuperShell( "somefile.EXE","c:\somewhere" , 0, SW_NORMAL, HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS)