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#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void LaunchSqueak(void);

int PASCAL WinMain( HINSTANCE inst, HINSTANCE previnst, LPSTR cmdline,
                   int cmdshow )
{
   // shut up warning
   previnst = previnst;
   cmdline = cmdline;

   LaunchSqueak();

   return(0);
}

void LaunchSqueak()
{
   BOOL success;
   LPSTARTUPINFO sinfo;
   LPPROCESS_INFORMATION pinfo;
   LPSTR dir;
   LPSTR wdir;
   LPSTR command;

   // Startup info - no settings are used.

   sinfo = malloc (sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
   sinfo->cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
   sinfo->lpReserved = (LPTSTR) NULL;
   sinfo->lpDesktop = (LPTSTR) NULL;
   sinfo->lpTitle = (LPTSTR) NULL;
   sinfo->dwX = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwY = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwXSize = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwYSize = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwXCountChars = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwYCountChars = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwFillAttribute = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->dwFlags = (DWORD) NULL;
   sinfo->wShowWindow = 0;
   sinfo->cbReserved2 = 0;
   sinfo->lpReserved2 = NULL;
   sinfo->hStdInput = (HANDLE) NULL;
   sinfo->hStdOutput = (HANDLE) NULL;
   sinfo->hStdError = (HANDLE) NULL;

   // Returned process info - not used.

   pinfo = malloc(sizeof(PROCESS_INFORMATION));

   // Get current directory.

   dir = malloc(1000);
   GetCurrentDirectory(1000, dir);

   // Set working directory.

   wdir = malloc(1000);
   strcpy(wdir, dir);
   strcat(wdir, "\\Data");

   // Set command string.

   command = malloc(1000);
   strcpy(command, dir);
   strcat(command, "\\Data\\Squeak.exe App.image");
   //strcpy(command, dir);
   //strcat(command, "\\Data\\App.image");

   // Create the Squeak process.

   success = CreateProcess
       (
       NULL,           //LPCTSTR lpApplicationName,
       command,        //LPTSTR lpCommandLine,
       NULL,           //LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes,
       NULL,           //LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,
       FALSE,          //BOOL bInheritHandles,
       (DWORD) NULL,   //DWORD dwCreationFlags, ?? CREATE_NO_WINDOW Should we use this flag? Apparently not needed.
       NULL,           //LPVOID lpEnvironment,
       wdir,           //LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory,
       sinfo,          //LPSTARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo,
       pinfo           //LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation
       );

   success = success;  // You can remove this, it was just to get a place for a breakpoint for debugging.
}

AppDir (name of your program's directory)
 App.exe (name of the app's exe-file)
 Data
   App.image
   Squeak.exe (and related files you need)

[Global]
DeferUpdate=1
ShowConsole=0
DynamicConsole=1
ReduceCPUUsage=1
ReduceCPUInBackground=1
3ButtonMouse=0
1ButtonMouse=0
UseDirectSound=0
PriorityBoost=1
B3DXUsesOpenGL=0
CaseSensitiveFileMode=0
WindowTitle="Magic Words"
ImageFile="C:\Documents and
Settings\Mikael\Skrivbord\MagicWords\MagicWordsDev.image"
EnableAltF4Quit=0
QuitDialogMessage="Do you want to quit Magic Words?"
QuitDialogLabel="Magic Words"