I need help with this program

I need to know how to use a program the I made in the program that I wrote.
Do you have any ideas?

Apr 3, 2011 at 3:17am

Argetlam81 (11)

Please clarify.
Also did you compile and run?

Apr 3, 2011 at 3:19am

Yes

Apr 3, 2011 at 3:22am

I set a program as 1 of its resources and it successfully accepted the program as one of its resources but I don't know how to open it with that program now

Apr 3, 2011 at 3:51am

....whaaaaa? I don't even.. I think I need to brush up on my mind reading..

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:14pm

there is a program built into that program the rote.

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:17pm

Still don't get it.

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:23pm

@ OP: Are you trying to link a ".h\.cpp" or are you trying to run an executable file from the program you are writing?

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:38pm

Yes

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:39pm

That was a multiple choice question, not a yes or no.

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:39pm

But the file is built into the program

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:39pm

How, exactly?

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:40pm

So you're trying to execute an embedded app? You seem like you're in over your head. Where are you reading on how to do this?

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:45pm

I'm just experimenting with it.

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:48pm

This isn't an easy thing to do.

To make sure we're all on the same page, you're not trying to call a program with CreateProcess or anything like that right? You're actually trying to execute a second program coded within your primary one?

You need to launch a seperate thread to do this.

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:51pm

what would that three BE?

Apr 3, 2011 at 7:58pm

With the Win32 API you need to use the "CreateThread(...)" and pass it, among other things, the starting address of your second program. Actually if you read the page and just imagine that your second app is just a function then that part is pretty easy to figure out. Here's the page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682453(VS.85).aspx

The trickey part is that you need your primary program to be loaded into memory the whole time this second thread is executing. If it quits or gets terminated then you'll get an error and you won't know where your second thread left off, unless you had a reporting component.

EDIT: Please note that your second app cannot have a "main()" function. This trips a lot of people up when they first get into this sort of thing.

Last edited on Apr 3, 2011 at 8:00pm

Apr 3, 2011 at 9:24pm

Can you give me an example ?

Apr 3, 2011 at 9:32pm

The microsoft website didn't tell me. I don't know how to get to work?
can you give me any examples please?

Apr 3, 2011 at 9:39pm