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You can use WinExec('c:\...\ExeName',S<wbr />W_SHOW);<br />

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You can use WinExec('c:\...\ExeName',SW_SHOW);


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Or CreateProcess or ShellExecute or ShellExecuteEx...<br />

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Or CreateProcess or ShellExecute or ShellExecuteEx...


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Don't forget to add ShellApi to your uses clause.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Phil.<br />
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Don't forget to add ShellApi to your uses clause.

Cheers,
Phil.



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Hi dwwang,<br />
What's up?<br />

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my other question with this is how can I detect where it's running from, for example I know in Java (the last language I was programming in) there's the command getDocumentBase() where you can retrieve the directory where the .java file is located.<br />

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my other question with this is how can I detect where it's running from, for example I know in Java (the last language I was programming in) there's the command getDocumentBase() where you can retrieve the directory where the .java file is located.


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Do you mean that you want to extract 'c:\mydir\' from 'c:\mydir\javafile.java'?<br />
If so, use ExtractFilePath and add SysUtils to the uses clause.<br />

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Do you mean that you want to extract 'c:\mydir\' from 'c:\mydir\javafile.java'?
If so, use ExtractFilePath and add SysUtils to the uses clause.


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I'm trying to set up an auto-run program for a cd that I'm creating for a friend. &nbsp;I'd like to be able to access outside applications, ie Windows Explorer off of buttons. &nbsp;I'm not sure how to do this, seeing as how I haven't been programming in Delphi very long.
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I'm trying to set up an auto-run program for a cd that I'm creating for a friend.  I'd like to be able to access outside applications, ie Windows Explorer off of buttons.  I'm not sure how to do this, seeing as how I haven't been programming in Delphi very long.

running outside applications

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