how to start an application from inside my code?

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4 total messages Started by Richard Yu Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:07

#16691

Author: Richard Yu
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:07

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I want to start an exe application from inside my  code, how can i do that ?

example : like to start a "aApplication param1 param2",    aApplication is
an exe.

something like shellexecute() ?

thanks for the help.

Re: how to start an application from inside my code?

#16692

Author: Mehmet
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:27

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Hi,,,

You can use CreateProcess();
eg.

STARTUPINFO si;
ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
si.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);

PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(PROCESS_INFORMATION));

CreateProcess(NULL,
              "c:\\program files\\internet explorer\\iexplore.exe -new
http://www.av.com",
              NULL,
              NULL,
              FALSE,
              0,
              NULL,
              NULL,
              &si,
              &pi
              );

//close handles opened by CreateProcess
CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
CloseHandle(pi.hThread);


"Richard Yu" <richard@colorselector.com> wrote in message
news:3eaef833@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I want to start an exe application from inside my  code, how can i do that
?
>
> example : like to start a "aApplication param1 param2",    aApplication is
> an exe.
>
> something like shellexecute() ?
>
> thanks for the help.
>
>

Re: how to start an application from inside my code?

#16693

Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:38

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"Richard Yu" <richard@colorselector.com> wrote in message
news:3eaef833@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I want to start an exe application from inside my  code, how can i do that
?

Have a look at the WinExec() or CreateProcess() functions.


Gambit

Re: how to start an application from inside my code?

#16695

Author: StarCinema - Rodolfo Frino
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:17

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void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
    STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcInfo;

    ZeroMemory(&StartupInfo, sizeof(StartupInfo));
    StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(StartupInfo);
    ZeroMemory(&ProcInfo, sizeof(ProcInfo));

    if( !CreateProcess( NULL,
        "c:\\program files\\outlook express\\wab.exe",
        NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &StartupInfo, &ProcInfo))
    {
        ShowMessage("CreateProcess failed.");
    }

    // Wait until the child process exits
    WaitForSingleObject(ProcInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);

    CloseHandle(ProcInfo.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(ProcInfo.hThread);
}

Rodolfo
Stargate Software
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rodolfofrino/


"Richard Yu" <richard@colorselector.com> wrote in message
news:3eaef833@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I want to start an exe application from inside my  code, how can i do that
?
>
> example : like to start a "aApplication param1 param2",    aApplication is
> an exe.
>
> something like shellexecute() ?
>
> thanks for the help.
>
>

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