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Oolong

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How do you open a picture in C++. All I need is to have it find the picture in its directory and just have it pop up.
 
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For a Windows-based program, I use ShellExecute() with "open" as the verb.
 
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I used ShellExecute() with open as the verb, but I get three errors. The errors are that it says undeclared identifiers. Are there any header files that I have to #include or is there something else?
 
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Yes, I forgot to mention that.

#include <shlwapi.h> (I think that's the one)
 
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Nope, I got the header wrong. Instead:

#include <shellapi.h>
 
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And make sure you link to shell32.lib, I don't think VC++ links to that one by default.
 
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