Thread: How to call another program?

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    How to call another program?

    Can anyone tell me the code to call another program? Here's an example:

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    Enter selection: 1, 2, 3: 3 (when I enter 3)
    the program will execute: notepad.exe ...etc.

    Thanks.

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    check the FAQ, under running execs.

    http://www.cprogramming.com/boardfaq.html
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    Look these up in MSDN

    system
    _spawnl
    CreateProcess

    http://msdn.microsoft.com

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    Thank you. I think I found it, but it doesn't work when I try it. Do I do something wrong here?

    Code:
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    int main()
    {
      system ("c:\windows\notepad.exe");
      return 0;
    }
    When I execute the code, it said "bad command or file name". I believe it's the path that I use. Can you tell me how to use the path in the system(" "); ?

    ty
    Last edited by Unreg1stered; 07-20-2002 at 11:58 PM.

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    instead of this:
    Code:
    system ("c:\windows\notepad.exe")
    try this
    Code:
    system ("c:\\windows\\notepad.exe")
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