executing program....

hi,
2. I have problem when executing program from windows, I use: system("c:\\windows\\Notepad.exe"); and all is ok but that stupid dos box appears when notepad is executed, now the question, how to execute program without dos box???

2. I used ShellExecute but got an error while compiling:
"passing `const char *' as argument 1 of `ShellExecuteA(HWND__ *, const CHAR *, const CHAR *, const CHAR *, const CHAR *, int)'" so whats the syntax of ShellExecute ??

ok I solved the problem, sorry for messing up :)
ShellExecute(HWND_DESKTOP,"open","c:\\windows\\Not epad.exe",NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

You can also use WinExec("notepad.exe", SW_SHOWNORMAL);
or WinExec("notepad.exe path_file.txt", SW_SHOWNORMAL);

of course i can, thanks ;)

WinExec( ) is for 16-bit compatibility though... You should really start using CreateProcess for the newer Windows OS's...

so what is the syntax of CreateProcess?? :) and what library to use it with (*.h) :)

Code:

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BOOL CreateProcess(
  LPCTSTR lpApplicationName,                // name of executable module
  LPTSTR lpCommandLine,                      // command line string
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes, // SD
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,  // SD
  BOOL bInheritHandles,                      // handle inheritance option
  DWORD dwCreationFlags,                    // creation flags
  LPVOID lpEnvironment,                      // new environment block
  LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory,                // current directory name
  LPSTARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo,              // startup information
  LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation // process information
);

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Imported from Kernel32 (so you dont need any more libs that a standard project) and defined under windows.h

Its a complex and very powerful func....

For Shell Execution I prefer...er...ShellExecute() as it can run documents and launch a program based on extension settings