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Started by aperson July 04, 2002 04:56 PM

3 comments, last by aperson 22 years, 7 months ago

aperson

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July 04, 2002 04:56 PM

How would one go about making a program that starts another. For example i make a program that, when i click somethingm, starts mspaint or something.

Dean Harding

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July 04, 2002 04:59 PM

CreateProcess

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Michalson

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July 04, 2002 05:12 PM

You''re other option is ShellExecute, which can be used to run programs, open URLs and display files.

RipTorn

722

July 04, 2002 08:21 PM

or if your really lazy:

WinExec("mspaint.exe",SW_SHOWDEFAULT);

Dean Harding

546

July 05, 2002 03:04 AM

ShellExecute is a good one, but WinExec is deprecated and should probably be avoided where possible...

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