How do I launch an external application?  Also, how do I read the command
line parameters when my delphi app is launched.....(ie myapp.exe
file.dat)....then my app does stuff with file.dat, how would I go about
this. thanks

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           rif2...@multipro.com "Ryan Rife" writes:

Look up winexec in the help files.

From within your application, you can look at the paramstr(x) array.

Paramstr(0) is the full path and file name of you app.
ParamStr(1) is the first command line parameter

Regards,

Mike Watson

WinExec is the simplest.
ExecuteFile is also possible.
CreateProcess is the most complecated and the most powerfull.

the ParamCount and ParamStr() functions give you parameters.
Greg Joy
j...@li.net