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A way to launch external processes/servers during startup or later, and automatic shutdown of these processes when app exits #163
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Description
User can execute applications using php's system() command or similar, but
there is no easy way to end long running processes when phpdesktop application
closes.
Use case 1
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User wants to run node.js server along with phpdesktop. That server should
start when phpdesktop starts and shut down automatically when phpdesktop app
exits.
Solution: In settings.json add option "startup_processes" which would be a list
of .exe, allowed would be relative paths (phpdesktop dir) or full paths.
Use case 2
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While app runs user wants to run an external process. Currently this can be
done using XMLHttpRequest to a php script that calls php's system() command or
similar. Unfortunately there is no easy way to end this process when phpdesktop
app exits. For example this process runs a long task, but user exits
application early, so this process should be killed.
Solution: Add new function to JavascriptApi: LaunchProcess(). It should have
some options whether the app window should be hidden. Use the ShellExecuteEx
function and save process handle (SHELLEXECUTEINFO.hProcess) for later to end
the process when app exits.
ShellExecuteEx:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762154(v=vs.85).aspx
SHELLEXECUTEINFO:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb759784(v=vs.85).aspx
Original issue reported on code.google.com by czarek.t...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2015 at 8:34
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