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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:24:30 PST
- Sender: Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum <WIN3-L@UICVM.BITNET>
- From: "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
- Subject: Spawnl(), execl(), or fork() under Windows.
- In-Reply-To: "Christopher Matthews Keane"'s message of Sun,
- 24 Jan 1993 16:07:53 GMT
- <9301250834.AB07854@fourier.inference.com>
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- I am using BC++ 3.0 and trying to write a simple program to generate a
- dialog box with radio buttons which in turn select an application to
- execute. I am finding that there is no spawn...(), exec...(), or
- fork() functions useable under Windows! Or am I simply missing
- something in the DOCS! I would find it VERY hard to believe that
- Windows does not support child processes (not only that plenty of
- other Windows apps do -- but also that it is a pseudo-multitasking
- environment).
-
- WinExec is the function that you want. You can even pass it a
- parameter telling the application what state it should come up in
- (minimized, maximized, normal, hidden). Not all applications pay
- attention to this, however.
-
- -Vance Gloster
- gloster@inference.com
-