How to run a Python file in c++?

Question

I have spent a good part of my day trying to run a Python file from c++. I have tried:

. . .

FILE * file = fopen ("file.py", "r");

PyRun_SimpleFile (file, "file.py");

. . . 

This however just causes my application to crash. I am using python version 3.4.

Answer 1

Try

Py_Initialize();
    PyRun_SimpleFile (file, "file.py");
Py_Finalize();