Thread: Running external programs

Be careful.... this is the most basic of methods and can... probably will lead to unpredictable things.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main()
{
int killapp = -1;
int choice;

do
{
cout << "1) Notepad\n";
cout << "2) Wordpad\n";
cout << "3) Paint\n";
cout << "4) Quit\n\n";

cin >> choice;

switch(choice)
{
case 1: system("notepad.exe");
break;
case 2: system("Write.EXE");
break;
case 3: system("Pbrush.exe");
break;
case 4: killapp = 0;
break;
default: cout << "Invalid option.";
break;
};

}while(killapp == -1);


cout << "\nReturned without crashing windows.";

return 0;

}