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I have found the unit and added it to the project and still doesn't work<br />

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I have found the unit and added it to the project and still doesn't work


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No, I mean in the unit you are calling the API, you must add shellapi in your USES list.<br />
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i.e.<br />
uses xxx,xxx,...,shellapi<br />
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and you needn't add it to your project -- actually you'd better remove it from your project, Delphi can find it automatically.<br />

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No, I mean in the unit you are calling the API, you must add shellapi in your USES list.

i.e.
uses xxx,xxx,...,shellapi

and you needn't add it to your project -- actually you'd better remove it from your project, Delphi can find it automatically.


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That's because you have a wrong syntax.. Here is the right syntax for using the the ShellExecute()<br />
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ShellExecute(0, 'open', 'C:\windows\desktop\test.t<wbr />xt', nil, nil, SW_NORMAL);<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Viktor<br />

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That's because you have a wrong syntax.. Here is the right syntax for using the the ShellExecute()

ShellExecute(0, 'open', 'C:\windows\desktop\test.txt', nil, nil, SW_NORMAL);

Cheers,
Viktor


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I am using some API functions with no problems. I just type them and delphi recognizes the and their syntax. But when I try to use other functions they won't work. For instance Winexe is a function that delphi 4 recognizes but when I try to use shellexecute and I do the syntax right I get an &quot;undeclared identifier &quot;ShellExecute&quot; error. Can anyone tell me what's the problem and how to solve it?<br />
Thanks! 
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I am using some API functions with no problems. I just type them and delphi recognizes the and their syntax. But when I try to use other functions they won't work. For instance Winexe is a function that delphi 4 recognizes but when I try to use shellexecute and I do the syntax right I get an "undeclared identifier "ShellExecute" error. Can anyone tell me what's the problem and how to solve it?
Thanks! 

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