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Launching Winword from C++

Hi,

I made a DLL supposed to launch a Word session based on a particular document.
Equivalent to: Start/Run/winword.exe F:\WPSS_Start.doc

I'm using the function _spawnlp as follow:
lReturnCode = _spawnlp( _P_WAIT, "winword.exe", "F:\WPSS_Start.doc" , NULL );

The result is: Word is effectively launched, but with a default docuemnt (document1.doc) instead of my personal document.

Any idea what I have done wrong?
Thanx
Serge

jkr

There's nothing wrong, except that you have to use a _double_ backslash:
lReturnCode = _spawnlp( _P_WAIT, "winword.exe", "F:\\WPSS_Start.doc" , NULL );
Anyway, it's always better to sue 'ShellExecute()', as it'll launch Word in the appropriate way:

ShellExecute ( NULL, "open", "f:\\WPSS_Start.doc", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

SergeD

ASKER

Hi,

I tried the double-backslash, and it still doesn't work (even if this filename works with the ShellExecute)

thanx for the suggestion for ShellExecute but it is not exactly what I'm looking for. If I open a doc file with ShellExecute, the default Word session is used. I would like to open a new Word session, to get the handle, and to close it later on with no changes on the user's session.

Any idea?

alexo

Try using the short filename of the file.

alexo

Another option: use CreateProcess() WinExec()

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SergeD

ASKER

It works but now I need to know how to get the path of the installed word.

Thanx anyway.

Serge