function ExecProcess(ProgramName, WorkDir: string; Wait: boolean; Hide: Boolean): integer;
var
  StartInfo: TStartupInfo;
  ProcInfo: TProcessInformation;
  CreateOK: boolean;
  ExitCode: integer;
  dwExitCode: DWORD;
begin
  ExitCode := -1;

  FillChar(StartInfo, SizeOf(TStartupInfo), #0);
  FillChar(ProcInfo, SizeOf(TProcessInformation), #0);
  StartInfo.cb := SizeOf(TStartupInfo);

  if Hide then begin
    StartInfo.wShowWindow := SW_HIDE;
    StartInfo.dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
  end;

  if WorkDir <> '' then
  begin
    CreateOK := CreateProcess(nil, Addr(ProgramName[1]), nil, Addr(WorkDir[1]),
      false, CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP or NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, nil, nil,
      StartInfo, ProcInfo);
  end
  else
  begin
    CreateOK := CreateProcess(nil, Addr(ProgramName[1]), nil, nil, false,
      CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP or NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, nil, Addr(WorkDir[1]),
      StartInfo, ProcInfo);
  end;

  if CreateOK then
  begin

    if Wait then
    begin
      WaitForSingleObject(ProcInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
      GetExitCodeProcess(ProcInfo.hProcess, dwExitCode);
      ExitCode := dwExitCode;
    end;
  end
  else
  begin
    ShowMessage('Unable to run ' + ProgramName);
  end;

  CloseHandle(ProcInfo.hProcess);
  CloseHandle(ProcInfo.hThread);

  Result := ExitCode;

end;