How to execute DOS command in cvi?

[jacky Wang]

I'm looking for a function, which has the similar prototype like DosCMD(char *cmd) and could execute DOS command. Here, cmd could be "# ping 211.22.33.44", or "notepad.exe", or "winhelp", etc.

Thanks!
Jacky

[RobertoBozzolo]

Executing DOS commands can be obtained in CVI using "system" or LaunchExecutable or LauncExecutableEx functions. Depending on which command you want to execute you may need to call it via the command interpreter command.com or cmd.exe.

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