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I think there are more ways to run programs than there are programs to run &nbsp; : - )<br />
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You also might want to consider CreateProcess() or the exec() class of functions &nbsp;(there are about 10 of them). &nbsp;Each way has its own merits.<br />

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I think there are more ways to run programs than there are programs to run   : - )

You also might want to consider CreateProcess() or the exec() class of functions  (there are about 10 of them).  Each way has its own merits.


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I would like to run an external application, and or give a commmand from within my MS Visual c++ program.<br />
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At the moment the command I'd like to issue is &quot;IPCONFIG &gt;&nbsp;stat.dat&quot;
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I would like to run an external application, and or give a commmand from within my MS Visual c++ program.

At the moment the command I'd like to issue is "IPCONFIG > stat.dat"

How to run an external application

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.