1. Is there anyone who can show me how to read images, sounds, etc. in cpp without using the c functions fopen, fread, fwrite, etc.? 2. How do I start a different program from within my program under dos and windows? 3. Is if I write a program, can I write its actual functions into a file, and then read those functions from the file with a different program into RAM and point to them with function pointers? If yes, how would I go about doing that?

1. Yes, but I''m not going to. See your favorite C++ reference, book, or website. Here''s one. Try Google for more.

2. Look up ShellExecute.

3. Yes. Look for resources on shared libraries (a.k.a. DLL''s).

2) ShellExecute is windows only. system() is the answer.