Running An Extenal File

hi guyz

i fairly new to c++

i started readnig a big book but it gonna take me a while to reach the last page

and i need to do a menu quite fast

so could any one of You help me with this :

i need to know whith action will run an external file using the the app assigned to it in the windows shell (sort of like the "run" command in used in dos)

or a brief source code with a button fireing some file to use as a tutorial

thanks in advance

K'mon guyz
anybody??

please help me with that

i had to put c++ aside couse i need to perfect my PHP

in php,try int dl ( string library)

in c,try int system( const char *command );

in WIN32 API,try
1
HINSTANCE ShellExecute(
HWND hwnd,
LPCTSTR lpOperation,
LPCTSTR lpFile,
LPCTSTR lpParameters,
LPCTSTR lpDirectory,
INT nShowCmd
);
2
UINT WinExec(
LPCSTR lpCmdLine, // address of command line
UINT uCmdShow // window style for new application
);

thanks load bro

will check it out

appreciate the help

Try rapidshare search for some books on C++ or even books.google.com will help. I got most of my scripting needs through rapidshare.

I know Im not the asker but could you explain with more details? Thanks.