From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.87.225 with SMTP id bb1mr10834564obb.16.1385464245047; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:10:45 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.97.169 with SMTP id eb9mr2937qeb.34.1385464244980; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:10:44 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!i2no6587735qav.0!news-out.google.com!p7ni1367qat.0!nntp.google.com!i2no6587728qav.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:10:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <395650cd-0919-4de3-b671-0d16056c85ed@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.143.131.50; posting-account=04rmagoAAABZ9PN7u3MdbKIs6DPG57E- NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.143.131.50 References: <395650cd-0919-4de3-b671-0d16056c85ed@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <63345186-21e6-4d33-bcac-3501d9257d06@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How to start another application within an ADA program? From: Graham Stark Injection-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:10:44 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:183991 Date: 2013-11-26T03:10:44-08:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:50:15 UTC, tolkamp wrote: > Is it possible to start an other apllication (eg Microsoft Word) within an ADA program? If so, how do I do it? > > > > I tried to select the executable file with the JEWL File-Browser, but this did not work. I don't think there's anything for this in the standard library. If you're using Gnat, look at the Spawn and Non_Blocking_Spawn functions in Gnat.OS_Lib. Graham