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  1. February 7th, 2005, 11:05 AM #1
    97C5ENVY
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    How can I execute another program programmaticly......

    ...that is listed in the PATH under Enviroment Variables?

    Currently I'm using _spawnl, but that requires a full path to the ".exe" file.

    Thanks!
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  2. February 7th, 2005, 11:14 AM #2
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    Re: How can I execute another program programmaticly......

    Try this FAQ
    http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302501
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  3. February 7th, 2005, 11:46 AM #3
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    Re: How can I execute another program programmaticly......

    You could use SearchPath(...) to retrieve the full path of the executable. It searches whatever is in the PATH variable last, so there may be a problem if the executable exists in more than one directory.
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