Executing An Exe From Within A Program!

amitojduggal

Feb 19 2006, 02:14 AM

Hello everyone,
I need help, I need to know which function , or a user defined one should i use to call a exe from within a program, Like i use switch cases , it certain condition is encountered the exe should gets executed, that is what i want to do, I am making an operating system for my projects at university, I need that thing. So somebody please help me, This is the forum that lets me find all my solutions. I have a 100% problem solution rate here, everyone has helped me alot, Waiting for some one to post a reply.

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DeveloperX

Feb 19 2006, 01:59 PM

I use such WinAPI function:

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WinAPI::shellExecute("c:\\program.exe", 'parameters');

It function run some program within your own program!

I found this or other cooolest functions in MSDN!!!

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michaelper22

Feb 19 2006, 09:37 PM

In .Net programming, bring in the System.Diagnostics namespace (don't know how to do this in C++, only VB.Net), and call Process.Start("C:\program.exe"). You can find additional parameters in the Object Browser.

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amitojduggal

Feb 21 2006, 09:26 AM

People someone please tell me how to use that in C++,I am going insane making that program.
Somebody help!!!1

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switch

Feb 22 2006, 07:11 AM

here's a really quick inefficient way to do it if you're absolutely desperate (and using windows):

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system("c:\myProgram.exe");

system just pops open a command prompt and runs the bits in the quotation marks.
good luck!

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osknockout

Feb 27 2006, 02:00 AM

Add #include <cstdlib> to the beginning of the file for switch's technique.

-And if I'm correct, you don't really have to type system("c:\myProgram.exe"),
you can just type system("myProgram")
1) because myProgram is assumed to be myProgram.exe
2) MS-DOS understands local commands

~I'm working on an actual Win-DOS system here, should work on an XP.

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jibnet

Jun 4 2006, 03:51 PM

When you run the system(FILENAME) to run another executable from within a program. This should be kept in mind while specifying the path for the FILE.
if the path is c:\fort\fort.exe
it should be entered as "c:\\fort\\fort.exe";
to enter a '\' character in a string '\' should be entered twice..
therefore the function should be called as follows

system("c:\\fort\\fort.exe");

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iGuest-ashwini

Jul 9 2008, 12:54 PM

How to pass the parameters to system( \\\"some.exe\\\")?
Executing An Exe From Within A Program!

DThanks. This method helped me a lot , anybody know how to pass parameters in system("c:\\fort\\fort.Exe");?

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Executing An Exe From Within A Program! - Need help with my project

Executing An Exe From Within A Program! - Need help with my project