execute a .exe file using turbo c++ program

abhisheknaina

how can an already existing exe file say <filename.exe> be executed using a turbo c++ program....
i have tried

system(" path of file");

but it always returning an error i.e. the integer value it returns is -1.

help me .... its urgent

sicarie

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhisheknaina

how can an already existing exe file say <filename.exe> be executed using a turbo c++ program....
i have tried

system(" path of file");

but it always returning an error i.e. the integer value it returns is -1.

help me .... its urgent

Did you try backwhacking the path to the file? ie - using double backslashes instead of single?

C:\Windows\ -> C:\\Windows\\

abhisheknaina

yeah ..
i tried it but its still giving the error ..i.e. output -1

my exe file was developed through turbo c++ itself

sicarie

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhisheknaina

yeah ..
i tried it but its still giving the error ..i.e. output -1

my exe file was developed through turbo c++ itself

Can I see the system() call you're using?

abhisheknaina

my program was

main() {
int i;
i = system("c:\\turboc3\\sim.exe");

cout<< i;
}

abhisheknaina

how about using spawnl()???

but i donno its format..
help me out guys

sicarie

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhisheknaina

how about using spawnl()???

but i donno its format..
help me out guys

Yeah, I don't know - that code works on my compiler...

oscse

U can use any of the following two method:

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#include<stdio.h>

#include<process.h>
 
int main()

{

    int c = execl("C:\\TC\\BIN\\SU.EXE", NULL);
 
    printf("%d",c);

    return 0;

}

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#include<stdio.h>

#include<process.h>
 
int main()

{

    int c = spawnl(P_OVERLAY, "C:\\TC\\BIN\\MM.EXE", NULL);
 
    printf("%d",c);
 
    return 0;

}

JosAH

@oscse: please don't wake up threads that are long dead (see the posting dates). btw, I removed the bold tags and added code tags for readability.

kind regards,

Jos (moderator)

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