Problem with starting .exe from app

[tripiri]

Hi,i'm a newbie to symbian community


I have a small problem starting an .exe from an application,i could able to get the function for it but it is not working,Please help me



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_LIT(KName, "c:\\system\\Apps\\123\\123.exe");


EikDll::StartExeL(KName);

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My problem is that how can i refer the .exe file as i couldn't able to get from the path specified.For that matter all the .exe's are under tge directory \epoc32\release\wins\udeb

Please Help me in this regards,

Thanks in Advance,

Cheers,
Sunil

[antonypr]

May be you have to move your .exe file to \epoc32\wins\udeb\z\sytem\programs or \epoc32\c\system\programs.

You can specify the target path of your .exe in the .mmp file. For example:

TARGETPATH \system\programs

Antony

[tripiri]

Thanks for ur prompt respose Mr.Antony,

I have done copying the file to the location you have specified,but it is not working. I have one doubt regarding this,when we click on the .exe file we get the emulator window and the required output without giving any TARGETPATH in .mmp file.But when i changed the TARGETPATH as specified by you and to go that directory and click the .exe file,it is giving an error.I have changed the .exe path in my application to this new one but couldn't able to get the required output.

Correct me if i'm wrong as i was new to this.

Thanks in Advance,

Sunil

[antonypr]

If you cannot even launch your .exe from Windows explorer, it means something wrong with your program. May be you can check first with a simple Hello World program and see what happens.

Antony

[tripiri]

Hi Antony,

I was trying the basic helloworld program and the same problem exists i.e, the .exe file is not executing and showing the error "THE APPLICATION FAILED TO INITIALIZE PROPERLY". But i'm able to execute the .exe file from the default location without setting the TARGETPATH i.e, \epoc32\release\wins\udeb

Please suggest me a solution to the above problem.

Thanks in Advance,
Sunil

[antonypr]

Have you tried your program on the device? May be this problem is only on the emulator.

Antony