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How do you execute...

Started by February 18, 2002 09:08 AM
2 comments, last by Draxis 22 years, 6 months ago
How can you execute one program from another? I mean, like there''re functions to rename files and move files, but how do you run them?
hi,

windows:
int system( const char *command );

call system("rename old.xxx new.xxx");
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Thankya!
Under Windows, you can use ShellExecute and ShellExecuteEx.

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