Thread: struct in function

Ofcourse it does, which is why you'd want to call the c_str() function on your std::string objects.

Code:

  HINSTANCE hRet = ShellExecute(
    HWND_DESKTOP, //Parent window
    "open",       //Operation to perform
    x->path.c_str(),       //Path to program
    x->par.c_str(),         //Parameters
    x->dir.c_str(),         //Default directory
    SW_SHOW);     //How to open

  if((LONG)hRet <= 32)
  {
    cout << "Wrong directory!!" << endl;
  }

By the way, if I had to guess. I'd say your problem lies with the fact that you're casting to a LONG not a long and your compiler might not like that, but I could be wrong.