Execute an executable, under XP

system("\"c:\\program files\\wherever ie is\\iexplore.exe\" \"http://www.myurl.com\"");

That is what I did...
I had the string (the path to the current browser, and the URL in a string, read from a config file, so there was no need to escape the \ char.
But it doesn''t work...
It works on Linux, works on 98, but Xp stops at the first space.

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It''s all about the ''"'', not the escapes.
Under NT-based operating systems (Win NT, 2000, XP, ...) you need to wrap paths that contain spaces into quotation marks.
I''m pretty sure your config file doesn''t include them:

config.txt:
"c:\program files\path to ie\iexplore" "target url"

system("start http://myurl.com/"); certainly works for console programs under 98 (and uses the default browser, rather than assuming IE).
I can''t speak for other versions of Windows - but give it a try.

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Original post by darookie
It''s all about the ''"'', not the escapes.
Under NT-based operating systems (Win NT, 2000, XP, ...) you need to wrap paths that contain spaces into quotation marks.
I''m pretty sure your config file doesn''t include them:

config.txt:
"c:\program files\path to ie\iexplore" "target url"

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When I said that I send this string "c:\program files\path to ie\iexplore" "target url" I actually meant sending it with QUOTE MARKS, and yes, it is with quotemarks in the ini file.
Anywa, to make sure I don''t have a bug in my program, I pasted that exact string to the command prompt, in XP, and it gave me that error.
As for ShellExecuteEx, that doesn''t work on Linux, and also opens the URL in the last window, not in a NEW window.



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Original post by Raduprv
[quote]Original post by darookie
It''s all about the ''"'', not the escapes.
Under NT-based operating systems (Win NT, 2000, XP, ...) you need to wrap paths that contain spaces into quotation marks.
I''m pretty sure your config file doesn''t include them:

config.txt:
"c:\program files\path to ie\iexplore" "target url"

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When I said that I send this string "c:\program files\path to ie\iexplore" "target url" I actually meant sending it with QUOTE MARKS, and yes, it is with quotemarks in the ini file.
Anywa, to make sure I don''t have a bug in my program, I pasted that exact string to the command prompt, in XP, and it gave me that error.
As for ShellExecuteEx, that doesn''t work on Linux, and also opens the URL in the last window, not in a NEW window.



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Sounds quite unusual. Though I cannot test it with WinXP, it works fine with Win2K.
Try the following:

Open a shell using "cmd".
In the prompt type "Pr" and then hit the TAB key.
Enter the first few letters of your IE path and hit TAB again.
The full path to IE should appear in quotation marks.
If it doesn''t, something''s wrong with your console settings.
(This works for Win2K, too, but only if you have TweakUI installed and activated this feature)

Ok, I did some more tests.
if I pass this string to the command prompt:
"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
it works fine.
If I pass:
"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "http://someurl" then it complains about not finding IE exe...
If I pass: "c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe http://someurl" it also complains...

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try spawn family of functions.