Simplified starter for ZeroBrane Studio

win32_starter.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  char buffer[MAX_PATH],*file;

  if (!GetFullPathName(argv[0],MAX_PATH,buffer,&file)) {
    MessageBox(NULL,
      TEXT("Couldn't find the correct working directory"),
      TEXT("Failed to start editor"),
      MB_OK|MB_ICONERROR);
    return 1;
  }

  char *arg = GetCommandLine();
  char *lua = "bin\\lua.exe src\\main.lua ";
  char *cl = (char*)malloc(strlen(lua) + strlen(file) + strlen(arg));
  strcpy(cl, lua);
  strcat(cl, file);
  // since the name can be quoted in arg, but may not be in argv,
  // account for those quotes
  strcat(cl, arg + strlen(argv[0])
    + (arg[0] == '"' && argv[0][0] != '"' ? 2 : 0));

  if (file!=NULL) *file = '\0'; // finish the string; don't need the appname

  STARTUPINFO si;
  PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

  ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
  si.cb = sizeof(si);
  ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(PROCESS_INFORMATION));

  // Start the child process.
  if(!CreateProcess(NULL, cl, NULL, NULL, FALSE,
    CREATE_NO_WINDOW, NULL, buffer, &si, &pi)) {
      MessageBox(NULL,
        TEXT("Couldn't launch Lua interpreter"),
        TEXT("Failed to start editor"),
      MB_OK|MB_ICONERROR);
      return 1;
  }

  // Wait until child process exits.
  WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);

  free(cl);

  // Close process and thread handles.
  CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
  CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
  return 0;
}