LPCTSTR lpApplicationName = .toStringz(/*"C:\\WINDOWS\\NOTEPAD.exe"*/ /*pathName*/ r"D:\Desktop\test6\test6.exe");
            LPCTSTR lpCommandLine = .toStringz(" " ~ /*args*/ r"text=D:\Desktop\test6\chinese.txt font=D:\Desktop\test6\fonts\wt021.ttf size=24");  
            LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory = .toStringz(globals.programDir.dup); 
            
            uint bufferSize = 0;
                
            SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES security;
            security.nLength = security.sizeof;
            security.lpSecurityDescriptor = null;
            security.bInheritHandle = true;
                
            //HANDLE read1,read2,read3,write1,write2,write3;
            //read1 = read2 = read3 = write1 = write2 = write2 = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;

            //CreatePipe(&read1,&write1,&security,bufferSize);
            //CreatePipe(&read2,&write2,&security,bufferSize);
            //CreatePipe(&read3,&write3,&security,bufferSize);
            
            // collect startup info 
            STARTUPINFOA startup;
            GetStartupInfoA(&startup);
            //startup.hStdInput = read1;
            //startup.hStdOutput = write2;
            //startup.hStdError = write3;
            startup.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
            startup.cb = STARTUPINFOA.sizeof;
            
            PROCESS_INFORMATION* info = new PROCESS_INFORMATION();

            //msgBox(.toString(lpApplicationName));

            //msgBox(.toString(lpCommandLine)); 
    
            msgBox("Launch " ~ .toString(lpApplicationName) ~ .toString(lpCommandLine)); 
    
            if (
            CreateProcessA(
            lpApplicationName,
            lpCommandLine,
            null,
            null,
            false,
            CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE,
            null,
            null,
            &startup,
            info) != 0 )
            {

            }