opening a file using system, shell, shellexcute.

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I'm fairly new at this, for C++ at-least. in VB i used Shell("explorer C:\program files\") to open a file or folder. But in Visual Studio C++. It seems to be much more difficult. I tried

Shell("C:\\Program File\\Test.exe);

But I get identifier cant be found. Iv searched around, and some people mentioned adding #include <stdio.h> ( I think thats the right one?) . But then I end up with like 200+ errors. So could somebody help me do this the correct way. Thanks in advance.

Posted 18-May-12 14:54pm

Jefferson Daniel

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-05-18T16:35:00

Please see the function ShellExecute: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762153%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

As you can see, this function is specific to Windows. For a portable code, see the function system:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdlib/system/[^].

See also this discussion:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9303660/system-vs-shellexecute-differences[^].

—SA