function WinExecAndWait32(FileName:String; Visibility : integer):integer;
var
  zAppName:array[0..512] of char;
  zCurDir:array[0..255] of char;
  WorkDir:String;
  StartupInfo:TStartupInfo;
  ProcessInfo:TProcessInformation;
begin
  StrPCopy(zAppName,FileName);
  GetDir(0,WorkDir);
  StrPCopy(zCurDir,WorkDir);
  FillChar(StartupInfo,Sizeof(StartupInfo),#0);
  StartupInfo.cb := Sizeof(StartupInfo);

  StartupInfo.dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
  StartupInfo.wShowWindow := Visibility;
  if not CreateProcess(nil,
    zAppName,                       { pointer to command line string }
    nil,                            { pointer to process security attributes }
    nil,                            { pointer to thread security attributes }
    false,                          { handle inheritance flag }
    CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE or           { creation flags }
    NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
    nil,                            { pointer to new environment block }
    nil,                            { pointer to current directory name }
    StartupInfo,                    { pointer to STARTUPINFO }
    ProcessInfo) then Result := -1 { pointer to PROCESS_INF }

  else begin
    WaitforSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess,INFINITE);
    GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess,Result);
  end;
end;

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