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[Kamlendra Chandra]

Hi, I am making a gui for an application, which requires me to invoke a windows command prompt inside a MFC gui window.I am very new to MFC, I will highly appreciate, if somebody can give an idea, how to invoke a windows command prompt inside a MFC window.

[Jochen Arndt]

Opening a command prompt window is not related to MFC. It can be performed by any Windows application using ShellExecute[^]:

ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), _T("cmd.exe"), _T("/k"), NULL, SW_SHOW);

ShellExecute starts cmd.exe here which opens the shell. The /k parameter specifies that the shell is not closed immediately but requires closing the window or typing 'exit' (type 'help cmd' in a shell to list available options). The fifth parameter can be used to specify a directory.

[Lost User]

Why do you need a command prompt? Much better to use a label for the question, and an edit control (CEdit) for the response.

[Kamlendra Chandra]

Hi, I want to embedd the command prompt inside a mfc window, can u suggest some template and how to do this. Thanks, Kamlendra

[Jochen Arndt]

Have a look at the article Redirecting an arbitrary Console's Input/Output[^].