An "throwing exception" issue
Hi!
I was planning to build a small app in C++ or even C to run another 2 Win32 apps, in the following manner: The app tries to run the first .exe, and if it is not successful, runs the second .exe.
I tried something like this:
Well, it didn't work... can anyone help me on this one? Thanks a lot!Code:try { system("start something.exe"); } catch (<exception, don't know what>) { system("start another.exe"); }
The system function does not throw as far as I know, so try and catch blocks won't work. If you wan't to check to see if a file exists, you should look into file input/output.
Edit:
Info on system() function
C++ exceptions (found randomly on google)
Last edited by JaWiB; 06-01-2004 at 05:52 PM.
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...Or use ShellExecute() or CreateProcess() which return a value which indicates if the program was started successfully.
Thank you guys! I didn't know system() can't throw (newbie!)... Thanks!
