Re: Starting another program


UN wrote:
> We start a new program with
> prg := PgmName+chr(0);
> WinExec(@prg[1],SW_SHOWDEFAULT);

Delphi does that sort of thing for you. There is always a Chr(0) at the
end of every Ansi (long) string, and a PChar typecast returns the
address of the first character.

WinExec(PChar(PgmName), SW_DEFAULT);

Alan Lloyd

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