Program Launch

[BillK]

Is it possible in C++ to run a program that allows you to select an external EXE program and launch it and still be able to perform operations in the C++ program while the EXE is running?

[Pintsize]

There are several ways (depending on what you want to achieve):
A common but limited one is to run the system() function with parameters separated by spaces as if you were running it from the command prompt:

Code:

system("application2.exe 42 24");

CreateProcess() is one of them
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425.aspx

Shellexecute is a win32 api to handle this too:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153%28VS.85%29.aspx

try googling any of these:
execl, execlp, execv

[Theo]

Interesting, I might need this in the future