Call *.exe in delphi

[panadoll]

Hi,

I am new to Delphi. I am currently using Delphi 7.
Right now, I want to execute a *.exe from delpbi application. How should I do that? Thanks

 

[michaenh]

You can for example use do this way..

uses ShellAPI;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShellExecute(Self.Handle, 'Open', 'C:\MyExe.exe', '', '', SW_SHOW);
end;

 

[panadoll]

Hi, Thanks for your reply

I have tried out your solution. However, there are 2 error message which i do not understand.

"[Error] DeployBDE.dpr(68): Undeclared identifier: 'Self'" and
"[Error] DeployBDE.dpr(68): 'END' expected but ',' found"

Can you please help me?

 

[panadoll]

just for your info, i am now writing a dll

 

[JustinWillis]

I use something like this

label1.caption := 'C:\WINNT\welcome.exe';
winexec(pchar(label1.caption), sw_show);

Can also be done with just one line...

winexec('C:\WINNT\welcome.exe', sw_show);

But I find it more usefull to be able to change which file is run at run time.

Hope that helps,
JW.

 

[sggaunt]

Or use the much simpler function 'Executefile' provided by Borland, its in Demos/doc/filmanex/fmxutils.pas
just include fmxutils in your project.
e.g Executefile('mypath/myfile.exe','','',SW_SHOW);

Steve.

 

[michaenh]

Could you show me the code where the error occurs. I believe you forgot some 'tags' or 'ends' in the code.

I also think that JustinWillis method is better since you can change file at run-time.

sggaunt method is also allright to use...

I hope it helps..

Michael

 

[BTecho]

Hi

ShellExecute should do it.

Add ShellAPI to the uses clause.

then

ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar('C:\MyExe.exe'), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW);

more info here

http://www.codebake.com/windowsexec.php