How do i open a program from a button

[C Beginner Nick]

How do i open a program (.exe) from a button on another program?

[Ravi Bhavnani]

See Process.Start()[^]. /ravi

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[C Beginner Nick]

Sorry ravi, that didn't help at all. I tried it, gave me a bunch of different error's Error 3 Unrecognized escape sequence

[Ravi Bhavnani]

You probably forgot to escape the application filespec. Instead of:

Process.Start ("C:\MyProg.exe");

use one of these options:

Process.Start ("C:\\MyProg.exe");
Process.Start (@"C:\MyProg.exe");

/ravi

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[macerenn]

Well, without the source code, I would hazard a guess and say that you're not double-back-slashing your constant string like this: "C:\\Program Files\\Some Program Folder\\SomeExe.exe" Am I "write"? Of course, if this IS the case, I would suggest reading a little bit in a "learn to code in C in 21 days" or C# for dummies book... If I am wrong, well, try posting some source code o we can see what you're doing wrong.

[Ravi Bhavnani]

macerenn wrote:

Am I "write"?

Ouch! <rolls over and gropes in the dark for a ham sandwich...> /ravi

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[C Beginner Nick]

Ya, there it is. That and i forgot to put in the System.Diagnostics; Thank you ravi

[Rich Insley]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

Am I "write"?

Looks like Cobol. Perhaps FileStream.CanWrite would work better :)

[Ravi Bhavnani]

JohnnyLocust wrote:

Looks like Cobol.

Mmmm... Cobol! :cool: /ravi

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