Sorting an external file from MFC app

Try with WinExec:

::WinExec("sort <myfile.txt >mysortedfile.txt", SW_HIDE);

Pay attention to file paths.

Good luck,
Jaime.

OK, I tried this but no sign of it happening.
I added
      ::WinExec("sort <c:\\myfile.txt >c:\\mysortedfile.txt", SW_HIDE);
to a little test app, but it didn't create the output file.
I changed SW_HIDE to SW_SHOW for testing and saw the cmd window flash by, but too quick to see what it said.
I also tried
     ::WinExec("echo aaaa >c:\\myechofile.txt", SW_HIDE);
but still couldn't create an output file.

I then looked up WinExec and it said to use CreateProcess and gave some sample code - looked useful because it also waited for sort.
But I tried this code with same result... plus couldn't see how to make it SW_HIDE...
Here's the routine I 'borrowed' from the MSDN doc
and I called it with the line
    ShellExecuteCommandWait("sort <c:\\myfile.txt >c:\\mysortedfile.txt");
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here? thanks


static bool ShellExecuteCommandWait(LPCTSTR cmd) {
    STARTUPINFO si;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

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

    // Start the child process.
    if (!CreateProcess(NULL, // No module name (use command line).
        (LPSTR)cmd,            // Command line.
        NULL,                  // Process handle not inheritable.
        NULL,                  // Thread handle not inheritable.
        FALSE,                  // Set handle inheritance to FALSE.
        0,                        // No creation flags.
        NULL,                  // Use parent's environment block.
        NULL,                  // Use parent's starting directory.
        &si,                  // Pointer to STARTUPINFO structure.
        &pi)                  // Pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION structure.
    )
    {
        // ErrorExit( "CreateProcess failed." );
            ASSERT(false);
            return false;
    }

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

    // Close process and thread handles.
    CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
      return true;
}

Hey, that's fixed it, great!
It now works with the routine with the waiting also, and I added the creation flag CREATE_NO_WINDOW to make it hide.  [It says in the doc "This flag cannot be used with MS-DOS-based applications" but it seems to work fine??]

Thanks!