How run other application from EE application

Harton · 07-29-2011 06:19 PM

How run other application from EE application. I have only path to *.exe file and I want run this 'exe' and check exit code which return. How can I do this?

yvanvds · 07-29-2011 06:39 PM

I don't know if it's the best method, but I did it with this:

PHP Code:

#define NOMINMAX
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "stdafx.h"

// add this code somewhere:
STARTUPINFO si;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si));
si.cb = sizeof(si);
ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(pi));
CreateProcess("yourprogram.exe", NULL, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi); 

You might want to look at what the arguments do for more flexible use. Also i wrote this half a year ago, so perhaps EE has some native functions to do this now.

Regards,

yvan

Driklyn · 07-29-2011 06:49 PM

The function OSLaunch allows you to launch a program, but I don't think you can get the exit code this way...

How run other application from EE application
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