SAMPLE: Launching One Application for Windows from Another

ID: Q97331

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SUMMARY

APPEXEC is a technical note in the Microsoft Software Library that discusses launching Windows-based applications from other applications for Windows. APPEXEC is a Windows Help file.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ APPEXEC.EXE (size: 26528 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
               Online Services

An application for Microsoft Windows often needs to be launched from another Windows-based application. In addition to starting a second application, sometimes the primary application needs to know when the second application terminates.

This technical article discusses the following points:

Several ways to start applications
An approach to finding applications not located on the current Windows search path
A method for detecting whether an application is still running
Using the same Windows-based techniques for starting applications for MS-DOS

APPEXEC, the sample application provided with this article, contains code that solves the problems involved in finding and starting one Windows-based application from another, as well as determining later whether that application is still running.

Additional query words: softlib APPEXEC.EXE kbfile

Keywords          : kbsample kb16bitonly kbWinOS310 
Version           : 3.10
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: December 2, 1998