Option Explicit
 
Public Const STARTF_USESTDHANDLES = &H100&
Public Const STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = &H1
 
Private Const STD_INPUT_HANDLE = -10&
Private Const STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11&
 
Public Type STARTUPINFO
   cb As Long
   lpReserved As String
   lpDesktop As String
   lpTitle As String
   dwX As Long
   dwY As Long
   dwXSize As Long
   dwYSize As Long
   dwXCountChars As Long
   dwYCountChars As Long
   dwFillAttribute As Long
   dwFlags As Long
   wShowWindow As Integer
   cbReserved2 As Integer
   lpReserved2 As Byte
   hStdInput As Long
   hStdOutput As Long
   hStdError As Long
End Type
 
Public Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
   hProcess As Long
   hThread As Long
   dwProcessId As Long
   dwThreadId As Long
End Type
 
Public Declare Function CreatePipe Lib "kernel32" ( _
   phReadPipe As Long, _
   phWritePipe As Long, _
   lpPipeAttributes As Any, _
   ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
 
Public Declare Function ConnectNamedPipe Lib "kernel32" ( _
   ByVal hNamedPipe As Long, _
   lpOverlapped As Any) As Long
 
Private Declare Function stdin Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetStdHandle" ( _
 Optional ByVal Handletype As Long = STD_INPUT_HANDLE) As Long
 
Private Declare Function stdout Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetStdHandle" ( _
 Optional ByVal Handletype As Long = STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) As Long
 
Public Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateProcessA" ( _
   ByVal lpApplicationName As Long, _
   ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
   ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, _
   ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
   ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
   ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
   ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, _
   ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, _
   lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, _
   lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
 
Public Declare Function WriteFile Lib "kernel32" _
  (ByVal hFile As Long, _
   lpBuffer As Any, _
   ByVal nNumberOfBytesToWrite As Long, _
   lpNumberOfBytesWritten As Long, _
   ByVal Overlapped As Any) As Long
 
Public Declare Function TerminateProcess Lib "kernel32" ( _
   ByVal hProcess As Long, _
   ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long
 
Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" ( _
   ByVal hObject As Long) As Long