ShelExec v1.01 - Executing Shell Commands

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Introduction

Welcome to ShelExec v1.01, A very simple utility to allow you to call the ShellExecute API from the command line.

History

Installation Requirements

Usage

Contacting the Author

History

V1.01 (16 July 1999)

• Initial public release.

Installation Requirements

• The program is for Win32 only and has no external requirements on dlls other than the ones shipped as standard with any Win32 platform.

Usage

Places where you might find ShelExec useful are in adding an Autorun.inf file to your CD-R / CD-RW Discs. For example suppose you have a HTML page called index.htm on the root of your CD which you would like to run automatically whenever the user inserts the CD. All you need to do is put ShelExec.exe, some ico file and the index.htm files into the root directory and create a autorun.inf file with the following contents:

[autorun]
open=ShelExec.exe index.html
icon=youricon.ico

Items that ShelExec can handle include any file which is registered with the shell e.g. Word .Doc files, Text Files, batch files etc etc. It can also handle URLs such as http://somesite.com, ftp://www.microsoft.com and mailto:pjn@indigo.ie.

The more technically minded of you may say why is there a need to have this program since you can use start filename on autorun CD's without any apparent problems. The problem with this approach is that it does not work on NT because on NT "start" is implemented as an Internal command in cmd.exe (as opposed to a standard exe on 95/98) with the upshot that your CD's will not AutoRun on NT 4 or Windows 2000. Using ShelExec will mean that your CD's will autorun on all OS's which support it.

Contacting the Author

PJ Naughter
Email: pjn@indigo..ie
Web: http://www.naughter.com
16 July 1999

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creating a shell that supports internal commands such as Tshilidzi 10:47 27 May '08   Hi my name is mosa i need i have a project where i have to create a shell that supports internal commands such as cd, pause, clr. can i get an example of anything related please? Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink How can i programe to make an autorun CD with password with C++ Alloch 3:21 20 Jul '06   How can i programe to make an autorun CD with password with C++ Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Autorun Browser in full Screen Mode Anonymous 9:53 5 Oct '04   Hey there, I don't know much about C++, so I'm not too sure about how this program works (only that it does when I follow the instructions So I don't know if this is a crazy question or not, but here goes. I'm autorunning an html file, and it works great, but I was wondering if there is a way to force the browser to start up in full screen mode? It's going on a business card cd, and it would just look a hell of a lot nicer. Thanks Sarah (sarah@sugarandsalt.ca) Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Autorun Browser in full Screen Mode pjnaughter 13:51 5 Oct '04   Unfortunately there is no full proof way of showing a html file fullscreen using the APIs which ShelExec uses. The only truly reliable way of implementing something like that is creating a custom exe which embeds IE or Mozilla. The problem with this (excluding the additional work) is that you will not work with the default browser on client machines. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 2.00/5 (2 votes) NTDETEC.com Sadru 20:46 27 May '03   Does anyone knows, NTDETEC.com is the MSDOS base application or it is win32? pappu Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Thanks, How can i launch the DUN entry dialog in vc program FayeGolf 20:52 3 Feb '02   How can i launch the DUN entry dialog in program. for an example, i have a "263 net" DUN entry in the "network connections" of "control panel", then i launch it in vc Programming. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Useful with PHP on Win32 platform Guy N. Hurst 22:41 8 Apr '00   I am certainly happy to have come across this simple but very useful program. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Problems with threads Markus Loibl 1:48 5 Apr '00   In a MFC-MDI-framework I encounter problems running this code from a secondary thread. It works fine until the user wants to exit the program. Then the MainFrame is hidden but not destroyed. Only a look in the taskmanager shows that it is still running. Commenting out the code-line with "ShellExecute" all works fine Any ideas Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Problems with threads PJ Naughter 12:58 5 Apr '00   More details on your usage of this is required. ShelExec is a separate command line program so how can it be called from inside a secondary thread?. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Problems with threads Markus Loibl 22:17 5 Apr '00   I just call the ShellExecute()-function from another thread, so it really has nothing to do with your cmd-executable-sample. I just post this subject because perhaps somebody has some infos about this Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Problems with threads Yan 11:09 11 Jan '01   Q264486.Error Message When You Close a Word 2000 Document This task is taking longer than expected. Do you want to continue waiting? I don't know if this is relevent to to you but that is the problem I have if I autoplay a word document on a 95 machine and some 2000??? Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink fail if default-verb is not "open" Markus Loibl 1:44 5 Apr '00   E.g. *.cpp -files have the (only) verb "Open with MsDev" (german MsDev installed) They cannot be opened with the code Is there a way to find out the default-verb for a file-Extension Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: fail if default-verb is not PJ Naughter 12:54 5 Apr '00   I know the problem, just change the code from: HINSTANCE hInstance = ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), lpCmdLine, NULL, NULL, nCmdShow); to: HINSTANCE hInstance = ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, lpCmdLine, NULL, NULL, nCmdShow); Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: fail if default-verb is not PJ Naughter 14:09 9 Apr '00   I've released a new version on my web site at http://indigo.ie/~pjn which resolves this problem Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 2.00/5 (1 vote) Other verbs Matthew Ellis 3:36 15 Mar '00   This would be great if you could specify other verbs, eg: shellexec c:\matt.doc print shellexec c:\matt.doc properties There's many a time I've wanted to display a file's properties from the command line.. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Other verbs PJ Naughter 12:56 5 Apr '00   I'll add it to the wish list and post an update ASA Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Other verbs PJ Naughter 14:10 9 Apr '00   I've released a new version on my web site at http://indigo.ie/~pjn which does just thi Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 4.20/5 (2 votes)

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