A:  Here is the 16 bit version:

uses Wintypes,WinProcs,Toolhelp,Classes,Forms;

Function WinExecAndWait(Path : string; Visibility : word) : word;
var
  InstanceID : THandle;
  PathLen : integer;
begin
  { inplace conversion of a String to a PChar }
  PathLen := Length(Path);
  Move(Path[1],Path[0],PathLen);
  Path[PathLen] := #00;
  { Try to run the application }
  InstanceID := WinExec(@Path,Visibility);
  if InstanceID < 32 then { a value less than 32 indicates an Exec error }
     WinExecAndWait := InstanceID
  else begin
    Repeat
      Application.ProcessMessages;
    until Application.Terminated or (GetModuleUsage(InstanceID) = 0);
    WinExecAndWait := 32;
  end;
end;

Here is the 32 bit version:

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;

{Thanks to Pat Ritchey for these functions.}