Help connecting .exe with this C++

[Pickolizac]

ok here is the deal,

i made that prog where you select a program from the list and click to run it and it opens it. Now i can open notepad, calculator and small stuff like that, but when i try to connect ot open my fifa2003.exe it doesnt work.

this is the typing i use. But it doesnt work.

// Did you user select to run the Fifa2003 program?
if (strPgmName == "FIFA2003")
// yes, run the Fifa2003 program
WinExec("fifa2003.exe",SW_SHOW);

BUT when i do this it works

// Did you user select to run the FNotepad program?
if (strPgmName == "NOTEPAD")
// yes, run the Notepad program
WinExec("notepad.exe",SW_SHOW);


Is it because i need to connect the fifa 2003 dll files to the progy or what is wrong to it.

[howste]

I think you'll need to include the path to the executable file. Windows knows where calc.exe is, but not FIFA2003. Try this:
WinExec("C:\insertpathhere\fifa2003.exe",SW_SHOW);

[Pickolizac]

thanks but it gives me this error

warning C4129: 'P' : unrecognized character escape sequence

its C:\Program Files\fifa2003.exe


any ideas?

[Martee]

Replace the \ with \\
Within a string literal, a single \ is considered to be an escape sequence, and the character that follows is considered to be a control character. So if you want a string to contain the character \, you need to replace it with \\ so that it will be interpreted correctly.

[Pickolizac]

Thanks to both of you, Martee that worked thank you so much, i really apreciate it. I just started playing with C++ few days ago for the hell of it, even though i wont need it till my senior year of college but i might take it in sophmore if it goes smoothly

[howste]

Doh! I thought it would work that way since it's in quotes. Oh well, I don't know C++ anyway, so I don't feel too bad.