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btw, you can also use _spawn
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Here's an example of using ShellExecute to call the external application &quot;regsvr32.exe&quot; and pass it a parameter of &quot;tip.dll&quot;...<br />
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&nbsp;::ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, _T(&quot;regsvr32.exe&quot;), _T(&quot;tip.dll&quot;), NULL, SW_SHOW);
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Here's an example of using ShellExecute to call the external application "regsvr32.exe" and pass it a parameter of "tip.dll"...

 ::ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, _T("regsvr32.exe"), _T("tip.dll"), NULL, SW_SHOW);

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Here's how to use _spawnl....<br />
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spawnl(_P_NOWAIT,&quot;C:\\Prog<wbr />ram Files\\Plus!\\Microsoft Internet\\IEXPLORE.EXE&quot;,NU<wbr />LL);<br />
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and the last method you can use is WinExec... but that has been deprecated.<br />

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Here's how to use _spawnl....

spawnl(_P_NOWAIT,"C:\\Program Files\\Plus!\\Microsoft Internet\\IEXPLORE.EXE",NULL);

and the last method you can use is WinExec... but that has been deprecated.


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Aaron,<br />
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Thanks. &nbsp;I'll give it a try.<br />
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tpresenza
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Aaron,

Thanks.  I'll give it a try.

tpresenza

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I have developed a visual c ++ program as a standard .exe and I need to have it execute/run another program that is a standard .exe. &nbsp;I am having problems finding the correct code to accomplish this.
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I have developed a visual c ++ program as a standard .exe and I need to have it execute/run another program that is a standard .exe.  I am having problems finding the correct code to accomplish this.

Execute program from visual c program

Kernel and system programming is the process of creating the software necessary for a computer or device to function and operate other programs. Some operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) are proprietary, but others, such as the various Linux distributions, are open source.