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    Lightbulb How do you......?

    I was wondering how to write a program in c++ using dev-c++ to access any other program such as the internet or text document and then to be able to read an input and put it in a specific part of the program that was opened. I would also like to know how to search for web pages in a specific field and have the program read the text and save it into a file.
    But null out any page that was previously looked at.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerdan View Post
    I was wondering how to write a program in c++ using dev-c++ to access any other program such as the internet
    http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=41926
    or text document
    http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson10.html
    and then to be able to read an input
    http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson1.html
    and put it in a specific part of the program that was opened. I would also like to know how to search for web pages in a specific field
    http://www.google.com
    and have the program read the text and save it into a file.
    But null out any page that was previously looked at.
    I think there's a request you can send in http that says to proxy servers to not use the cached page but I'm not sure off the top of my head what it is.

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    Sweet I will have to remember and look for that. Hopefully there is some type of library that will allow me to input the path of the program that I want to open.

    Also maybe there is a way to input a text into it seen as I know what program I will be opening I can insert \t untill I get to where I need to input the text.

    I need to open the program and keep a constant reference back and forth to it.

    And I have no idea how to do this or even where to begin.

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    Just learn the language, and concepts relating to I/O. A lot of the rest will follow.

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    I am taking a course in computer programming in coolege.
    I have learned alot of input output already and I have just gotten to try and work on a new project the only thing is the comiler error is saying this.

    23 wincl.lpszClassName = szClassName;

    [warning] unknown escape sequence '\p'
    [warning] unknown escape sequence '\w'

    Is there something wrong with line 23 or is there something else that I should be doing other than just opening a windows application project and typing in the path where the program is.

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    post a small non/compilable program that shows the problem.

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    I used a regular windows aplication to compile the code and put in text("the path to my program");
    and then where ever else I needed to put in any text.
    I'm on another computer right now.
    Is there any way that I can call a program using a regular windows application?
    I looked at the message board for how to call a video file and it didn't work when I put in my own path.
    I will reply another message when I get back to my computer that has the DEV-C++ on it.

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    Would the ifstream ( );
    and the ofstream();
    open a web browser with text and flash but not to use the flash?

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    With a path like C:\Windows\notepad.exe, remember to escape the \s as \\ inside a string:
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    "C:\\Windows\\notepad.exe"
    ifstream and ofstream deal with files only. You can't execute programs with them.

    You should also have a look at the FAQ. You can use system() to execute a program; ShellExecute() to open a file with whatever the default program is for that file type.
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