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2003-07-03 06:23:40 PM
cppbuilder55
Hello.
excuse me by my bad English. I have borland builder C++ 4,0. I wanted to
call from my program to an application so that process is executed in
another process (For example notepad). they can somebody help me, please?
Thanks
Fco. Javier Martínez.
 

Look at the Windows API functions WinExec and CreateProcess. Either should
be able to do that. The C/C++ function system should also be able to do it.
For example,
WinExec("notepad.exe c:\\autoexec.bat", SW_SHOW);
. Ed

In article < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >, XXXX@XXXXX.COM says...
exec() (c++ help)
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liz
 

{smallsort}

Fco. Javier Martínez wrote:
Application ->Handle,
"open",
"notepad.exe",
"E:\\MyDir\\MyText.txt",
NULL,
SW_SHOWNORMAL
);
if ( ((int)hinstance) <= 32 )
{
//error
}
Hans.