Thread: Running another program

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    Running another program

    How do you make a program activate a different console application and input values into it?

    I'm guessing this is far easier said than done.

    Thanks for reading.

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    Depends quite a bit on what you are actually trying to do.

    Starting a console program is pretty easy:
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    system("myprog");
    If you want to pass arguments to it:
    Code:
    system("myprog arg1 arg2");
    However, if you want to interact more than that with the application, it gets more difficult. You need to explain further about what you want to do, if that's the case.

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    Thanks

    Thanks Mat. I still don't know how to input values but its a good start.
    Last edited by koxson; 02-06-2009 at 01:25 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by koxson View Post
    Thanks Mat. I still don't know how to input values but its a good start.
    That would depend on how the program you are starting in itself takes input values. If you describe that, then we can give more suitable advice.

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