Thread: Need help with System() and putting into function. --New to C++

Hi there. Let me display my code first:

void RunExtFile(char filelocation) {
int system(filelocation);
}

Basically, I am trying to create a function RunExtFile(), everytime I put this in my code, it should be able to shell or execute a command. EG:

RunExtFile("C:\\Email.exe");

and it will launch email.exe. How can I get it to work? What am I doing wrong? Is there something else I can use to shell a program?

I am using Visual c++ 6.0 on windows 98 SE.

JD

Ditch the int in front of "system" and make the parameter a char pointer and it should work. You should make this an inline function

Code:

inline
void RunExtFile(char *filelocation) {
    system(filelocation);
}

Cool, thanks! I will try it out now. Thanks for your time.

JD

Sorry but this is the error I get when doing that:

C:\joey\ags\ags_template.cpp(84) : error C2065: 'system' : undeclared identifier
Error executing cl.exe.

Any idea why I get that? I have included these files:
windows.h
iostream.h
dos.h

JD