Re: Open cmd.exe from shortcut, execute command

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From: Jonathan Benedicto
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:53

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vortic wrote:
>I have a VCL form application, and on a button onClick Event, I want to 
>open a shortcut (CmdShortcut) pointing to cmd.exe, and run some command 
>window application (SomeApp.exe) within the command window. I have no idea 
>how to do this because I can't seem to use the online help very 
>effectively. I can't even figure out how to execute any app or get a 
>command line.

You can either use ShellExecute or CreateProcess.

Eg:

ShellExecute( NULL, "open", "myapp.exe", "", NULL, SW_SHOWDEFAULT );

> p.s. Should have I posted this to cppbuilder.language.cpp ??

No, this is the correct group.

HTH

Jonathan

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