Topic: Firing up other applications from a c/c++ app
How do I start another program/application using c/c++, I want to start outlook express once my program has completed it task.
Paul M
Re: Firing up other applications from a c/c++ app
Well.. I haven't tried it, but can't system() run dos commands?
Re: Firing up other applications from a c/c++ app
This runs Outlook Express
#include <shlobj.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
void Test()
{
SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo;
ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
ShExecInfo.fMask = NULL;
ShExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpVerb = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpFile = "msimn.exe";
ShExecInfo.lpParameters = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_MAXIMIZE;
ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;
ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo);
}
BUT
I suspect you dont really want to do that, What happens if the user does not
have Outlook Express, you should really run the application that is
registered with emails.
I've been down so long it's beginning to look like up..
Re: Firing up other applications from a c/c++ app
replace "msimn.exe"
with
"mailto:someone@sonthing.com"
If your people come crazy, you will not need to your mind any more.