/// <summary>
/// Wrapper around the Win32 CreateProcess API for low level use. This just spawns the new process and does not
/// wait until it is complete before returning.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="applicationName">The name of the executable or batch file to execute</param>
/// <param name="commandLine">The command line to execute, typically this includes applicationName as the first argument</param>
/// <param name="processAttributes">SecurityAttributes to assign to the new process, set to null to use the defaults</param>
/// <param name="threadAttributes">SecurityAttributes to assign to the new thread, set to null to use the defaults</param>
/// <param name="inheritHandles">Any inheritable handles in the calling process is inherited in the new process</param>
/// <param name="creationFlags">Custom creation flags to use when creating the new process</param>
/// <param name="environment">A dictionary of key/value pairs to define the new process environment</param>
/// <param name="currentDirectory">The full path to the current directory for the process, null will have the same cwd as the calling process</param>
/// <param name="startupInfo">Custom StartupInformation to use when creating the new process</param>
/// <returns>ProcessInformation containing a handle to the process and main thread as well as the pid/tid.</returns>
public static ProcessInformation NativeCreateProcess(string applicationName, string commandLine,
SecurityAttributes processAttributes, SecurityAttributes threadAttributes, bool inheritHandles,
ProcessCreationFlags creationFlags, IDictionary environment, string currentDirectory, StartupInfo startupInfo)
{
// We always have the extended version present.
creationFlags |= ProcessCreationFlags.ExtendedStartupInfoPresent;
// $null from PowerShell ends up as an empty string, we need to convert back as an empty string doesn't
// make sense for these parameters
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(applicationName))
{
applicationName = null;
}
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(currentDirectory))
{
currentDirectory = null;
}
NativeHelpers.STARTUPINFOEX si = new NativeHelpers.STARTUPINFOEX();
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(startupInfo.Desktop))
{
si.startupInfo.lpDesktop = startupInfo.Desktop;
}
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(startupInfo.Title))
{
si.startupInfo.lpTitle = startupInfo.Title;
}
bool useStdHandles = false;
if (startupInfo.StandardInput != null)
{
si.startupInfo.hStdInput = startupInfo.StandardInput;
useStdHandles = true;
}
if (startupInfo.StandardOutput != null)
{
si.startupInfo.hStdOutput = startupInfo.StandardOutput;
useStdHandles = true;
}
if (startupInfo.StandardError != null)
{
si.startupInfo.hStdError = startupInfo.StandardError;
useStdHandles = true;
}
if (useStdHandles)
{
si.startupInfo.dwFlags |= NativeHelpers.StartupInfoFlags.USESTDHANDLES;
}
if (startupInfo.WindowStyle != null)
{
switch (startupInfo.WindowStyle)
{
case ProcessWindowStyle.Normal:
si.startupInfo.wShowWindow = 1; // SW_SHOWNORMAL
break;
case ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden:
si.startupInfo.wShowWindow = 0; // SW_HIDE
break;
case ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized:
si.startupInfo.wShowWindow = 6; // SW_MINIMIZE
break;
case ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized:
si.startupInfo.wShowWindow = 3; // SW_MAXIMIZE
break;
}
si.startupInfo.dwFlags |= NativeHelpers.StartupInfoFlags.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
}
NativeHelpers.PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = new NativeHelpers.PROCESS_INFORMATION();
using (SafeMemoryBuffer lpProcessAttr = CreateSecurityAttributes(processAttributes))
using (SafeMemoryBuffer lpThreadAttributes = CreateSecurityAttributes(threadAttributes))
using (SafeMemoryBuffer lpEnvironment = CreateEnvironmentPointer(environment))
{
StringBuilder commandLineBuff = new StringBuilder(commandLine);
if (!NativeMethods.CreateProcessW(applicationName, commandLineBuff, lpProcessAttr, lpThreadAttributes,
inheritHandles, creationFlags, lpEnvironment, currentDirectory, si, out pi))
{
throw new Win32Exception("CreateProcessW() failed");
}
}
return(new ProcessInformation
{
Process = new SafeNativeHandle(pi.hProcess),
Thread = new SafeNativeHandle(pi.hThread),
ProcessId = pi.dwProcessId,
ThreadId = pi.dwThreadId,
});
}