problems making system calls

[oinky]

Hi all, i am having problems making a system call to run notepad.exe. I did

system("notepad.exe"

this runs ok, but it pops up a dos window in the background which i do not know how to disable.

Ive tried using the _exec functions namely _execv and _execl, but they seem to not run. I am not sure if it is because _exec functions are c and mfc apps do not allow us to call these functions or what. My code for execl looks like this:

_execl ("notepad.exe", "notepad.exe","_execl", NULL);

please help thanks.

 

[qednick]

I wonder if ShellExecute() would work

 

[oinky]

it works good thanks. But in the parameter where you put the file to run, it expects absolute path meaning i have to hardcode the path. I wonder if there is a way to use relative path? please help thanks.