From a730b04bf1cb01f54452342b1cdd8550dd3b9179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen van Rijn <jeroen@paramythic.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 13:02:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add helpers to launch process and open website.

---
 core/sys/win32/helpers.odin | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 core/sys/win32/helpers.odin

diff --git a/core/sys/win32/helpers.odin b/core/sys/win32/helpers.odin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b46dea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/sys/win32/helpers.odin
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// +build windows
+package win32
+
+import "core:strings";
+
+call_external_process :: proc(program, command_line: string) -> bool {
+
+	si := Startup_Info{};
+	pi := Process_Information{};
+	si.cb = size_of(si);
+
+	p := utf8_to_wstring(program);
+	c := utf8_to_wstring(command_line);
+
+	ret := create_process_w(
+		p,
+		c,
+		nil,
+		nil,
+		Bool(false),
+		u32(0x10), // Create New Console
+		nil,
+		nil,
+		&si,
+		&pi
+	);
+    return cast(bool)ret;
+}
+
+open_website :: proc(url: string) -> bool {
+	p :: "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe";
+	arg := []string{"/C", "start", url};
+	args := strings.join(arg, " ", context.temp_allocator);
+	return call_external_process(p, args);
+}
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