Convert a Windows-specific error to a text string using the Win32::FormatMessage function. : Win32 « Win32 « Perl






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Convert a Windows-specific error to a text string using the Win32::FormatMessage function.

  

# This function takes the error number returned by the Win32::GetLastError function.
          
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use Win32;

$ApplicationName = 'c:\winnt\system32\notepad.exe';
$CommandLine     = "notepad";

# Spawn the process.
$status = Win32::Spawn( $ApplicationName,$CommandLine,$ProcessId );

if ( $status != 0 ) {
    print "Launched process with ID $ProcessId.\n";
} else {    
    print "Failed to launch process.\n";
    print Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::GetLastError() );
}








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