Launching a windowed application from a console application?

Question

I may be approaching this in completely the wrong way as I am pretty new to the C++ language and the overall way this kind of application should be structured, but I hope to confirm the correct method here.

Essentially, I have one cpp file which operates as a console application & a separate cpp file which runs as a windowed application. I want to be able to launch the windowed application when a certain point is reached within the console application. Is this possible? If so, how would I go about doing this?

Some more detail - The console application acts as a 'server' using winsock to communicate with another console application (the client). When the console server application reaches a certain point (a client connects with it) I wish to then launch the other windowed application I have created which will render certain graphics onscreen using Directx. Currently I have both these cpp files as separate projects in a single C++ 2010 Express solution. Currently, there are no links between the two cpp files and they both operate correctly when run separately.

If any more specifics are required, I can provide them but I really want to find out if this approach in general will work.

Thanks.

Answer 1

如果您没有运行托管的C ++应用程序，则CreateProcess是要使用的规范WIN32系统调用。

Answer 2

您是否只想从另一个exe运行该exe？

System::Diagnostics::Process::Start("C:\\Folder\\file.exe");