C++ console question

Sorry but I am new to C++ and work mainly in VB.net
How can I Code my Console app to wait for my games process to be opened ?
I have tried some do whiles but they failed .
And I have looked for an example but have not found one that is right .
Everything else is working correctly I just can not seem to get that part correct .
Please remember I am very very new to the c language .
And i never really tried to code any project to wait for an .exe i would just have it throw an error message .
Any decent example would be great thank's .

convert this logic into C++:

while the handle is invalid keep looping and call the openhandle function.

That's not the right answer tbh but ok !

Originally Posted by SpyLegion

That's not the right answer tbh but ok !

If you know the id it will work. Else you can create a snapshot of the processes, enumerate 'em all comparing szExeName or w/e the member's name was.

Care to explain why the logic is wrong?

Originally Posted by ~BlackMaster~

convert this logic into C++:

while the handle is invalid keep looping and call the openhandle function.

I do better with a visual example I would think a do while would work but i have not had any luck . So I searched for some examples to which I could not find any so i turned to this post . And in my opinion a tutorial on just suck a thing should be on here really .

Originally Posted by HOOSIER

Code:

//inside your main function
HWND tarWnd = NULL;

std::cout << "Searching for window: Example name\n";

while(tarWnd == NULL)
{
    tarWnd = FindWindow(NULL, "Example name");
}

std::cout << "Window: "Example name"  found! Executing program.\n";

Something like this? (This will look for the window, but looking for the actual process will be pretty much the same)

Originally Posted by Septus10

Code:

//inside your main function
HWND tarWnd = NULL;

std::cout << "Searching for window: Example name\n";

while(tarWnd == NULL)
{
    tarWnd = FindWindow(NULL, "Example name");
}

std::cout << "Window: "Example name"  found! Executing program.\n";

Something like this? (This will look for the window, but looking for the actual process will be pretty much the same)

Thank's you

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