R: WinExec problem

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From: Enrico B.
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:55

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I used ShellExecute.

Thank you for your time.

Henry


Steve <steve_alettoANTI@SPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > I need to launch, from my program, another application. I
> tried the
> > following instruction:
> >
> > WinExec("C:/vvoce/vvoce.exe", SW_SHOWDEFAULT);
> >
> > The problem: the external application launched this way
> does not function
> > correctly, because the working directory appears to be the
> directory of my
> > program, not the directory of the external application. If
> I run that
> > application by double clicking its link on my desktop, the
> application works
> > correctly. So: is there a way to programmatically emulate
> a double click on
> > the icon (link) that launches that application?
>
> You could use CreateProcess instead. There, you can specify
> the working directory for the child process.
>
> HTH,
>
> Steve.
>
>

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