Hi all,
I want to launch an external software (install .exe) when clicking on a
buton. How to do that?
Thanks for your help.
Jojo

That's in the FAQ. It was posted either this or last week.
You can look for it in DejaNews.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink

Format :

ShellExecute(Handle,'open',[exe_name],[parameter],[default_dir],[show_mode])
;

In unit :  ShellApi

See windows SDK help for the complete description about the command.

Here is an example:

uses ShellApi;
...
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  {Ex.: executing Window's notepad}
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'c:\Windows\notepad.exe', nil, nil,
SW_SHOWNORMAL);

  {Ex.: executing Window's notepad and open a document}
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'c:\Windows\notepad.exe', 'c:\test.txt', nil,
SW_SHOWNORMAL);

  {Ex.: opening a document according to its extension}
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'c:\test.txt', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

  {Ex.: opening a folder}
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'c:\Windows', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

  {Ex.: opening a web site}
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'http:\\www.yahoo.com', nil, nil,
SW_SHOWNORMAL);

  {Ex.: sending e-mail with default mail client}
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'mailto:gusto...@yahoo.com', nil, nil,
SW_SHOWNORMAL);
end;

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try winexec("mycommad.exe",sw_normal);
you can do winexec("start www.google.de",sw_normal); to call homepages ,)
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