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Dear Otto,

> What are the disadvantages of shellExec()?

I guess the only problem is that the user does not have curl.exe installed or at the right path

... help. While I was looking for a solution yesterday to make cUrl common in my desktop program, I then tried a solution with the command prompt and shellExecute. That works well. What are the disadvantages of shellExec()? I have been using 7Zip in this way for years. On the whole, the path with ...

One could install pandoc and call it with shellexec("C:\html>pandoc tabelle.html -o tabelle.rtf"). Then, to the code you get in tabelle.rtf, insert your RTF header: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\nouicompat\deflang1031{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 ...

One could install pandoc and call it with shellexec("C:\html>pandoc tabelle.html -o tabelle.rtf"). Then, to the code you get in tabelle.rtf, insert your RTF header: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\nouicompat\deflang1031{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 ...

Hello Natter,
Maybe you can't run Powershell scripts with shellexec?
Then save the values to disk and read with memoread().
Best regards,
Otto

Hello,
thank you all for your help.
I will test all the solutions on the weekend.
Best regards
Otto

To run a second program in the same directory

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#include "FiveWin.ch"


FUNCTION Main()
        LOCAL   cPathProgr := cFilePath( GetModuleFileName( GetInstance() ) )
       
        WinExec( cPathProgr + "PROGR2.EXE" )
RETURN NIL

function MyRun( cComando, nStyle, lWait, lShowResult ) local oShell, nRetorno IF valtype( nStyle ) != "N" nStyle := 0 ENDIF IF ValType( lWait ) != "L" lWait := .T. ENDIF IF ValType( lShowResult ) != "L" lShowResult := .F. ENDIF oShell := CreateObject( "WScript.Shel...

Is that what you mean ?

cPt:=CurDrive()+':\'+CurDir()
SHELLEXECUTE( 0, 0, cPt+"\"+MyFile, 0, 0, 1)

Hello,
as a workaround I tried with a bat-file.

cd\
cd xwinhotel
call xwinhotel.exe

This is working.
Best regards
Otto

Hello,
I would need an example of how to use shellexec or winexec to run a program in the program's directory.

Best regards
Otto

... I have Powershells to do the setup of the SERVER. We install WINDOWS and configure the server in less than 1 hour. The powershells are called with shellexec from a Fivewin program menu driven. This way every server has the same setup. 4). How large is the application ? Does one application "do ...

Once last question....

I use ShellExecute() to open the url.
Is there any way to not have the browser show to the user?

I tried setting the last parameter to 0 but it still shows.

ShellExec(0,,"Http.......",,,0)

Roman and James:

Tried the program you suggested and it will copy a file even though being used by others. Very nice. This will make my life easier. Got it working with shellexec(). Now on to building my fake networking program.

Running shellexec("exe") from a program in directory #1. To Run an exe in another directory #2.
After the exe is closed in directory #2 i need to change a variable in directory #1.
How can I find out when the exe is closed in directory #2 from directory #1.

Thansk always for the help