OMFG WITH SYSTEM()

[lolimsoasd]

system("C:/Program Files/Skype/Phone/Skype.exe");

when inserting this to my programs's code, I get shit like: C:/Program is not a program blaa blaa. why?

If you have better ways to launch an application from c++, please tell me.

The thing I need is that the program I open (Skype) will remain opened after I close my own c++ program. So I thought system() would be a good way to do it. but why the hell is it this hard ? BATCH

[Rudolf123]

Re: OMFG WITH SYSTEM()

system("C:/Program Files/Skype/Phone/Skype.exe");

when inserting this to my programs's code, I get shit like: C:/Program is not a program blaa blaa. why?

If you have better ways to launch an application from c++, please tell me.

The thing I need is that the program I open (Skype) will remain opened after I close my own c++ program. So I thought system() would be a good way to do it. but why the hell is it this hard ? BATCH

If you change the code to:
system("Skype.exe");
and put skype.exe in the debug path/or output folder when building release, does it work then?

[b2k5]

Re: OMFG WITH SYSTEM()

u need to put the whole thing in quotes to account for the space.
what your code does its try to launch the program "C:\Program" with "Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" as a parameter.
also since u are on windows i recommend using backslashes in paths.
do it like this:

system("\"C:\\Program Files\\Skype\\Phone\\Skype.exe\"");

[lolimsoasd]

Re: OMFG WITH SYSTEM()

u need to put the whole thing in quotes to account for the space.
what your code does its try to launch the program "C:\Program" with "Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" as a parameter.
also since u are on windows i recommend using backslashes in paths.
do it like this:

system("\"C:\\Program Files\\Skype\\Phone\\Skype.exe\"");

thank you. every day I learn something new... :D

edit: damn, now my program won't execute the next command I have there. It will be executed if I close Skype..

edit2: using now WinExec to open the Skype. works well !

WinExec("\"C:\\Program Files\\Skype\\Phone\\Skype.exe\"",SW_SHOWNORMAL);

[mencore]

Re: OMFG WITH SYSTEM()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms687393%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Security Remarks

The executable name is treated as the first white space-delimited string in lpCmdLine. If the executable or path name has a space in it, there is a risk that a different executable could be run because of the way the function parses spaces. The following example is dangerous because the function will attempt to run "Program.exe", if it exists, instead of "MyApp.exe".

WinExec("C:\\Program Files\\MyApp", ...)

If a malicious user were to create an application called "Program.exe" on a system, any program that incorrectly calls WinExec using the Program Files directory will run this application instead of the intended application.

To avoid this problem, use CreateProcess rather than WinExec. However, if you must use WinExec for legacy reasons, make sure the application name is enclosed in quotation marks as shown in the example below.

WinExec("\"C:\\Program Files\\MyApp.exe\" -L -S", ...)

[lolimsoasd]

Re: OMFG WITH SYSTEM()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx

yeah, that's what I found out :D