Re: Open cmd.exe from shortcut, execute command

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From: vortic
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:59

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"Jonathan Benedicto" <invalid@nobody.com> wrote in message 
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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.

Excellent. I open Cmd.exe instead of the app directly, as I like to run it 
through a command window because the app auto closes and I like to look at 
the output. I could not figure out how to get ShellExecute to open a 
shortcut, but that is ok.

Thanks,
vortic

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