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function ExecAndWait(const FileName: string; const CmdShow: Integer): Longword;
var { by Pat Ritchey }
  zAppName: array[0..512] of Char;
  zCurDir: array[0..255] of Char;
  WorkDir: string;
  StartupInfo: TStartupInfo;
  ProcessInfo: TProcessInformation;
  AppIsRunning: DWORD;
begin
  StrPCopy(zAppName, FileName);
  GetDir(0, WorkDir);
  StrPCopy(zCurDir, WorkDir);
  FillChar(StartupInfo, SizeOf(StartupInfo), #0);
  StartupInfo.cb          := SizeOf(StartupInfo);
  StartupInfo.dwFlags     := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
  StartupInfo.wShowWindow := CmdShow;
  if not CreateProcess(nil,
    zAppName, // pointer to command line string
    nil, // pointer to process security attributes
    nil, // pointer to thread security attributes
    False, // handle inheritance flag
    CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE or // creation flags
    NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
    nil, //pointer to new environment block
    nil, // pointer to current directory name
    StartupInfo, // pointer to STARTUPINFO
    ProcessInfo) // pointer to PROCESS_INF
    then Result := WAIT_FAILED
  else
  begin
    while WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, 0) = WAIT_TIMEOUT do
    begin
      Application.ProcessMessages;
      Sleep(50);
    end;

    WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
    GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess, Result);
    CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hThread);
  end;
end; { WinExecAndWait32 }