Borland C++ Builder 5 function question

You can use either CreateProcess(), ShellExectue() or any of the exec() family of functions.

I''m not sure what platform you''re programming for, but if it''s Win32, there are a number of options.

You can uses the system() function, which invokes the OS to execute a program. You need to include stdlib.h to do this.

If want greater control over the process that you are running, you can use spawnl() or execl (). These functions are available when you include process.h .

In practice, I''ve never really used these functions so I don''t know how portable they are. My guess is they should work in UNIX as well, but they should definitely work in Win32.

Hope this helps!

The exec calls work fine, except that their is no fork() call in win32, so the process that calls exec is the one used to actually run the binary... and when that binary exit()''s, you''re app is done.

To get around this use "CreateProcess".

Tony

Thanks everyone, this should do it.