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dotNetInstaller - Setup Bootstrapper for .NET Application

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With this tool the developer can define the application prerequisites and install the correct version of these components in the correct order based on the user operating system type and language, allow the user to download these components from the web or install these components directly.
#pragma once

namespace DVLib
{
	// ==========================================================================
	// ExecCmd()
	//
	// Purpose:
	//  Executes command-line
	// Inputs:
	//  LPCTSTR pszCmd: command to run
	// Notes: This routine does a CreateProcess on the input cmd-line
	// Outputs:True is succedeed othrwise false
	// ==========================================================================
	inline bool ExecCmd( LPCTSTR pszCmd, PROCESS_INFORMATION * process_info)
	{
		BOOL  bReturnVal   = false ;
		STARTUPINFO  si ;

		ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si)) ;
		si.cb = sizeof(si) ;

		bReturnVal = CreateProcess(NULL, 
								(LPTSTR)pszCmd, 
								NULL, 
								NULL, 
								FALSE, 
								0, 
								NULL, 
								NULL, 
								&si, 
								process_info) ;

		if (bReturnVal)
		{
			return true;
		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}
	}


	// ==========================================================================
	// ExecCmd()
	//
	// Purpose:
	//  Executes command-line
	// Inputs:
	//  LPCTSTR pszCmd: command to run
	// p_ExitCodes :  exit code from the command
	// Notes: This routine does a CreateProcess on the input cmd-line
	//        and waits for the launched process to exit.
	// Check ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED a reboot is required.
	// Outputs:True is succedeed othrwise false
	// ==========================================================================
	inline bool ExecCmdAndWait( LPCTSTR pszCmd , DWORD * p_ExitCodes)
	{
		BOOL  bReturnVal   = false ;
		STARTUPINFO  si ;
		DWORD  dwExitCode ;
		SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saProcess, saThread ;
		PROCESS_INFORMATION process_info ;

		ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si)) ;
		si.cb = sizeof(si) ;

		saProcess.nLength = sizeof(saProcess) ;
		saProcess.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL ;
		saProcess.bInheritHandle = TRUE ;

		saThread.nLength = sizeof(saThread) ;
		saThread.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL ;
		saThread.bInheritHandle = FALSE ;

		bReturnVal = CreateProcess(NULL, 
								(LPTSTR)pszCmd, 
								&saProcess, 
								&saThread, 
								FALSE, 
								DETACHED_PROCESS, 
								NULL, 
								NULL, 
								&si, 
								&process_info) ;

		if (bReturnVal)
		{
			CloseHandle( process_info.hThread ) ;
			WaitForSingleObject( process_info.hProcess, INFINITE ) ;
			GetExitCodeProcess( process_info.hProcess, &dwExitCode ) ;
			CloseHandle( process_info.hProcess ) ;

			*p_ExitCodes = dwExitCode;
		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}

		return true;
	}
}

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