WinExec() doesn`t works

[TIapko]

I make my first steps in Visual C++ and i read one book, after few chapters i saw one problem, this code doesn`t works correctly

WinExec("pbrush.exe", SW_SHOW);

az i start my program and click on button for this action nothing hapend, why ? Can you tell me other ways to start any aplication because they mentioned som functions but i have no idea how to work with them..

My PC is 64bits

[Zedna]

Hey man this is AutoIt forum ;-)

[Andreik]

I make my first steps in Visual C++ and i read one book, after few chapters i saw one problem, this code doesn`t works correctly

az i start my program and click on button for this action nothing hapend, why ? Can you tell me other ways to start any aplication because they mentioned som functions but i have no idea how to work with them..

My PC is 64bits

In AutoIt:

Run("pbrush.exe",@SystemDir,@SW_SHOW)

[Valik]

Throw away that book, it must be older than hell. WinExec() is a carry-over function from the 16-bit era of Windows. Starting with Windows 95 it was superseded by CreateProcess().