Comments on: Did you know? #6 http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2008/05/15/did-you-know-5/ Joint Endeavor of Delphi Innovators of Windows Programming Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Christian Wimmer http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2008/05/15/did-you-know-5/#comment-762 Christian Wimmer Thu, 15 May 2008 15:32:55 +0000 http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/?p=200#comment-762 Especially if the process is a SYSTEM process, this leads to problems since the environment of the SYSTEM has unusual sets in it. I once used a SYSTEM environment accidently and created a command line prompt. However some application failed with a terrible exception - including a known pdf reader. I wrote "may" because this strange problem did not always happen. But yes, I should have told about the SYSTEM process. Especially if the process is a SYSTEM process, this leads to problems since the environment of the SYSTEM has unusual sets in it. I once used a SYSTEM environment accidently and created a command line prompt. However some application failed with a terrible exception - including a known pdf reader.
I wrote “may” because this strange problem did not always happen.

But yes, I should have told about the SYSTEM process.

]]> By: Joe White http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2008/05/15/did-you-know-5/#comment-761 Joe White Thu, 15 May 2008 11:59:57 +0000 http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/?p=200#comment-761 According to the docs, if you pass NULL for lpEnvironment, then the new process uses the environment of the calling process. How would that cause ShellExecute to fail? More details, please! According to the docs, if you pass NULL for lpEnvironment, then the new process uses the environment of the calling process. How would that cause ShellExecute to fail? More details, please!

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