Using ShellExecute(.....

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Hey all!!

I am using the ShellExecute command......
Why doesn't using "notepad.exe fil.txt" work??

//-------- Sample code
#include <shellapi.h>

ExecuteFile(&quot;notepad.exe fil.txt&quot;,&quot; &quot;, &quot;C:\\[Full_Path]&quot;, SW_SHOWMINIMIZED);


int __fastcall ExecuteFile(const AnsiString FileName,
const AnsiString Params,
const AnsiString DefaultDir,
int ShowCmd)
{

char zFileName[79], zParams[79], zDir[79];
return (int) ShellExecute(Application->MainForm->Handle,
NULL,
strcpy(zFileName,
FileName.c_str()),
strcpy(zParams,
Params.c_str()),
strcpy(zDir,
DefaultDir.c_str()),
ShowCmd);
}

Martin G Broman
mgb_svea@hotmail.com

DWS - Alpha Whitin Dead Wolf Society

 

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Have you tried some of the obvious(?) tests? Can you get ShellExecute to work if you put literals in instead of variables? Are the variables (zFileName, ZParams, etc.) correct?

James P. Cottingham

http://www.ivcusa.com

 

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I have been unable to find any solution....
When I enter only 'notepad.exe' it will launch it, when I enter 'fil.txt' it will open that file in the program associated with .txt files, which for me is &quot;UltraEdit 32&quot;!!
It doesn't matter whether I user Variables or not...

It's all so strange..
Martin G Broman
mgb_svea@thevortex.com

DWS - Alpha Whitin Dead Wolf Society

 

[2ffat]

Bizarre. Obviously there is something we are missing. If I get a change I'll see what I can find, meanwhile, don't give up.
James P. Cottingham

http://www.ivcusa.com