executing a standalone C++ program from DOS..

[keo982]

Hello guys, hope one of you may help.

I am trying to find a way of executing a standalone c++ program from the dos window. i have tried to type programname.exe but with no results. am i mistyping it or is there another way of doing it...

Any help would be appreciated.
PS. It is a standalone program. so no installation was required. simply had to drop the folder on my system.

many thanks

[Krishnaa]

Where is your program located ? Is it at current directory where the dos prompt is pointing?

[horace1]

Hello guys, hope one of you may help.

I am trying to find a way of executing a standalone c++ program from the dos window. i have tried to type programname.exe but with no results. am i mistyping it or is there another way of doing it...

Any help would be appreciated.
PS. It is a standalone program. so no installation was required. simply had to drop the folder on my system.

many thanks

can you see the .exe file in Windows Explorer?

if so open a Command Prompt, change to the directory where it is located and execute it, e.g. if the file is c:\test\cprogram\program.exe you would type at the DOS prompt

cd c:\test\cprogram
program
 

[macklin01]

You need to make sure that the program is in your system path. (e.g., c:\windows\.)

One thing you might consider doing is creating a c:\bin directory, adding c:\bin to your path, and putting any custom executables there. -- Paul

[drhowarddrfine]

As a side note, it doesn't matter what language the program was written in as long as it's an .exe file.