system() call in win32 c++ app

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When using the function system() in a win32 c++ application, i notice a
seperate shell window opens and closes quickly when the app is run and this
system() call is encountered. Is there a way to suppress or prevent this
seperate shell window from opening or being seen ?

ex:
int result = system("some_other_app.exe arg1 arg2");

[Nathan Mates]

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>When using the function system() in a win32 c++ application, i notice a
seperate shell window opens and closes quickly when the app is run and this
system() call is encountered. Is there a way to suppress or prevent this
seperate shell window from opening or being seen ?

Look up _spawnlp (and cousins) in MSDN, such as
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/lib...fd(VS.80).aspx .
Basically, do something like

_spawnlp(_P_NOWAIT, "someprogram", "arg1", "arg2", ... , NULL); // NULL required as last argument.

Nathan Mates
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